“Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.”

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.

Learn to obey before you command.

Call no man happy until he is dead.

If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.

No fool can be silent at a feast.

For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.

Angels are winged with God’s power.

Justice, even if slow, is sure.

As I grow older, I constantly learn more.

Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.

Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.

To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

In all things let reason be your guide.