As it is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear, the example of one we see abundantly rewarded cheers and encourages us far more than the sigh….

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….

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 give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is a great ease to a man's heart..

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….

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….

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….

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….

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

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….

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

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

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 ….

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

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..

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

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..

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed..

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….

Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states..