How Much Luckier Than All The Rest

Experience Has Always Shown, And Reason Also, That Affairs Which Depend On Many Seldom Succeed.

Ambassadors Are The Eye And Ear Of States.

We Fight To Great Disadvantage When We Fight With Those Who Have Nothing To Lose.

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.

Like Other Men, I Have Sought Honours And Preferment, And Often Have Obtained Them Beyond My Wishes Or Hopes. Yet Never Have I Found In Them That Content Which I Had Figured Beforehand In My Mind. A Strong Reason, If We Well Consider It, Why We Should Disencumber Ourselves Of Vain Desires.