Be Wise; Soar Not Too High To

Detraction's A Bold Monster, And Fears Not To Wound The Fame Of Princes, If It Find But Any Blemish In Their Lives To Work On.

Virtue, Thou In Rags, May Challenge More Than Vice Set Off With All The Trim Of Greatness.

I In My Own House Am An Emperor, And Will Defend What's Mine.

Ambition, In A Private Man Is A Vice, Is In A Prince The Virtue.

Nor Custom, Nor Example, Nor Cast Numbers Of Such As Do Offend, Make Less The Sin.