The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless powerwithout abusing it.

A fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of sense to know how to tell a lie.

If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine thestrongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted withunlimited power.

Bargainlike a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.

A merefriend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue.

If you are standing upright, don't worry if your shadow is crooked.

Modesty is the clothing of talent.

The oldbelieve everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young knoweverything.

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