The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not discreetly how to use it. Essays
“The first opinion which one forms of a prince, and of his understanding, is by observing the men he has around him.” The Prince
From Apollonius, true liberty, and unvariable steadfastness, and not to regard anything at all, though never so little, but right and reason: and always..that it was possible for the same man to be both vehement and remiss: a man not subject to be vexed, and offended with the incapacity of his scholars and auditors in his lectures and expositions. Book I
If thou would estimate thyself, put away wealth, land, honors; scrutinize thyself within. Day's Collacon
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