| Quotes |
Topic |
| Affliction | The afflictions to which we are accustomed, do not disturb us. |
| Change | Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position. |
| Change | Change or die. |
| Envy | Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy. |
| Example | The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler. |
| Example | Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others; it is the only means. |
| Fate | They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall. |
| Fortune | Fortune favors the brave. |
| Fortune | Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. |
| Honor | Do not consider what you may do, but what it will become you to have done, and let the sense of honor subdue your mind. |
| Justice | The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor. |
| Nobility | The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride. |
| Peace | Nor is heaven always at peace. |
| Peace | A severe war lurks under the show of peace. |
| Public | The fickle populace always change with the prince. |
| Punishment | He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion. |
| Rome | What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew. |
| Royalty | That man is deceived who thinks it slavery to live under an excellent prince. Never does liberty appear in a more gracious form than under a pious king. |
| Virtue | Virtue is indeed its own reward. |
| Virtue | Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing. |
| - Page 1 - 2 - Next |