If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

The rulers must be watched, not the ruled.

Whatlies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to whatlies inside of you.

Necessitynever made a good bargain.

Don'tclose the barn door after the horse runs away.

The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.

Lookingfor fish? Don't climb a tree.

The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.

The worst form of injustice is pretended justice.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A nation reveals itself not only by the men it honours, the men it remembers.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who haveit; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it.