Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
Each man the architect of his own fate.
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
Enough words, little wisdom. [Lat., Satis eloquentiae sapientiae parum.]
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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