One Is Never As Happy Or As

Nothing Should Lessen Our Satisfaction With Ourselves As Much As When We Notice That We Disapprove Of Something At One Time That We Approve Of At Another Time.

Our Enemies' Opinion Of Us Comes Closer To The Truth Than Our Own.

What Often Prevents Our Abandoning Ourselves To A Single Vice Is, Our Having More Than One.

To Praise Princes For Virtues They Do Not Possess Is To Insult Them Without Fear Of Consequences.

Love Often Leads On To Ambition, But Seldom Does One Return From Ambition To Love.