...be more guided by hope than fear..

Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways..

The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident..

Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them..

Waste no time with revolutions that do not remove the causes of your complaints but simply change the faces of those in charge..

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed..

How much luckier than all the rest of mankind are the astrologers who, if they tell one truth among a hundred lies, obtain so much credit that even t….

By numberless examples it will evidently appear that human affairs are as subject to change and fluctuation as the waters of the sea agitated by the ….

Even though many people prove to be ungrateful, do not let that stop you from benefiting others-for not only is beneficence in itself a noble and alm….

Keep your eye fixed not so much on what they [people] ought in reason to do, as on what they are likely to do based on their disposition and habits..

We fight to great disadvantage when we fight with those who have nothing to lose..

There is no evil in human affairs that has not some good mingled with it. [It., Non e male alcuno nelle cose umane che non abbia congiunto seco qualc….

He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set; on the contrary, he who imitates what is good always falls short..

To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundle….

Let no one trust so entirely to natural prudence as to persuade himself that it will suffice to guide him without help from experience..

Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always th….

Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools o….

There is nothing so fleeting as the memory of benefits received..

I know no man who feels deeper disgust than I do at the ambition, avarice, and profligacy of the priesthood, as well because every one of these vices….

Be careful how you do one man a pleasure which must needs occasion equal displeasure in another. For he who is thus slighted will not forget, but wil….

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them bef….