He is less likely to be mistaken who looks forward to a change in the affairs of the world than he who regards them as firm and stable.
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.
It is a great matter to be in authority over others; for authority, if it be rightly used, will make you feared beyond your actual resources.
Experience has always shown, and reason also, that affairs which depend on many seldom succeed.
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