“It is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear.”

“To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless you lost the good that lay within your grasp.”

“Ambassadors are the eye and ear of states.”

“To relinquish a present good through apprehension of a future evil is in most instances unwise ... from a fear which may afterwards turn out groundless you lost the good that lay within your grasp.”

“He who imitates what is evil always goes beyond the example that is set on the contrary he who imitates what is good always falls short.”

“The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.”

“It is our nature to be more moved by hope than fear.”