Love of the Subjects to a Prince.
The Heart of the Subjects yieldeth but a lean Crop where it is not cultivated by a wise Prince.
The Good-will of the Governed will be starved, if it is not fed by the good Conduct of the Governors.
Suffering for Princes.
Those who merit because they suffered, are so very angry with those that made them suffer, that though their Services may deserve Employment, their Temper rendereth them unfit for it.
Of Ministers.
The World dealeth with Ministers of State as they do with ill Fidlers, ready to kick them down Stairs for playing ill, though few of the Fault-finders understand their Musick enough to be good Judges.
A Minister who undertaketh to make his Master very great, if he faileth, is ruin’d for his folly; if he succeedeth, he is feared for his Skill.