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Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction.

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

He is next to the gods whom reason, and not passion, impels; and who, after weighing the facts, can measure the punishment with discretion.

In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play, Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.

Liberty begets license.

Lust, forgetful of future suffering, hurries us along the forbidden path.

Luxury, that alluring pest with fair forehead, which, yielding always to the will of the body, throws a deadening influence over the senses, and weakens the limbs more than the drugs of Circe's cup.

Men live best on moderate means: Nature has dispensed to all men wherewithal to be happy, if mankind did but understand how to use her gifts.

Men live best upon a little; Nature has given to all the privilege of being happy, if they but knew how to use their gifts.

Nature has granted to all to be happy, if we did but know how to use her benefits.

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

Nor is heaven always at peace.

Nothing can allay the rage of biting envy.

Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

The covetous man is always poor.

The noblest character is stained by the addition of pride.

The people are fashioned according to the example of their kings; and edicts are of less power than the life of their ruler.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall.

Virtue when concealed is a worthless thing.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.