Advice Is Judged By Results, Not By

For Out Of Such An Ungoverned Populace One Is Usually Chosen As A Leader, Someone Bold And Unscrupulous Who Curries Favor With The People By Giving Them Other Men's Property. To Such A Man The Protection Of Public Office Is Given, And Continually Renewed. He Emerges As A Tyrant Over The Very People Who Raised Him To Power.

It Is Virtue Itself That Produces And Sustains Friendship, Not Without Virtue Can Friendship By Any Possibility Exist.

Favours Out Of Place I Regard As Positive Injuries.

Nature Has Granted The Use Of Life Like A Loan, Without Fixing Any Day For Repayment.

Too Much Liberty Leads Both Men And Nations To Slavery.