"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws."

"A prudent man should always follow in the path of great men and imitate those who have been most excellent, so that if his ability does not equal theirs, at least it will savour of it."

"It is not reason but necessity that makes men humble."

"He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined."

"The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar."