Affairs That Depend On Many Rarely Succeed.

Ambassadors Are The Eye And Ear Of States.

It Is A Great Matter To Be In Authority Over Others; For Authority, If It Be Rightly Used, Will Make You Feared Beyond Your Actual Resources.

As It Is Our Nature To Be More Moved By Hope Than Fear, The Example Of One We See Abundantly Rewarded Cheers And Encourages Us Far More Than The Sight Of Many Who Have Not Been Well Treated Disquiets Us.

He Is Less Likely To Be Mistaken Who Looks Forward To A Change In The Affairs Of The World Than He Who Regards Them As Firm And Stable.

Conspiracies, Since They Cannot Be Engaged In Without The Fellowship Of Others, Are For That Reason Most Perilous; For As Most Men Are Either Fools Or Knaves, We Run Excessive Risk In Making Such Folk Our Companions.