“More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.”

Nothing mortal is so unstable and subject to change as power which has no foundation.

The grove is the centre of their whole religion. It is regarded as the cradle of the race and the dwelling-place of the supreme god to whom all things are subject and obedient.

Everything unknown is magnified. [Lat., Omne ignotum pro magnifico est.]

Abuse if you slight it, will gradually die away; but if you show yourself irritated, you will be thought to have deserved it.

The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable.

Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.

Viewed from a distance, everything is beautiful.

In all things there is a law of cycles.

Forethought and prudence are the proper qualities of a leader. [Lat., Ratio et consilium, propriae ducis artes.]

[The Jews have] an attitude of hostility and hatred towards all others.

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.

Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader.

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

The word liberty has been falsely used by persons who, being degenerately profligate in private life, and mischievous in public, had no hope left but in fomenting discord.

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, it will not change you.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.

A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.

There is no shortage of fault to be found amid our stars.

If someone betrays you once, it’s their fault; if they betray you twice, it’s your fault.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

A wise man watches his faults more closely than his virtues; fools reverse the order.