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If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

Poison is drunk out of gold.

Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est." Latin: "A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer's hand. - Letters to Lucilius.

Why do you ask, how long has he lived? He has lived to posterity.

He deserves praise who does not what he may, but what he ought.

How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

The primary sign of a well-ordered mind is a man's ability to remain in one place and linger in his own company.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

This is our chief bane, that we live not according to the light of reason, but after the fashion of others.

It is never too late to turn from the errors of our ways: He who repents of his sins is almost innocent.

God never repents of what He has first resolved upon.

Remove severe restraint and what will become of virtue?

Revenge is an inhuman word.

The first art to be learned by a ruler is to endure envy.

The throne of another is not stable for thee.

Every monarch is subject to a mightier one.

The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.