Where the willingness is great, the difficulty cannot be great.

The first method of estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the induction of a new order of things.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.