The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can, if they like, encroach, is far greater, for the weaker are always asking for equality and justice, but the stronger care for none of these things.

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.

Not to know of what things one should demand demonstration, and of what one should not, argues want of education.

Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

Nature creates nothing without a purpose.