"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."

"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they…"

"The female is also more given to affection and more loving, and more apt to be fond."

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire."

"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self."