The affairs of this world are so shifting and depend on so many accidents, that it is hard to form any judgment concerning the future; nay, we see fr….

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….