No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. Men must be governed by God, or they will be ruled by tyrants. To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals.
Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.
We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that. Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer of a wise man.