Every Advantage In The Past Is Judged

The More Able A Man Is, If He Make Ill Use Of His Abilities, The More Dangerous Will He Be To The Commonwealth.

Nothing Is So Easy As To Deceive One's Self; For What We Wish, That We Readily Believe; But Such Expectations Are Often Inconsistent With The Real State Of Things.

What A Man Wishes, He Will Believe.

The Man Who Has Received A Benefit Ought Always To Remember It, But He Who Has Granted It Ought To Forget The Fact At Once.

The Man Who Flies Shall Fight Again. [lat., Qui Fugiebat, Rusus Praeliabitur.]