Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.
Art takes nature as its model.
The greatest injustices proceed from those who pursue excess, not by those who are driven by necessity.
Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy, as being the rule of a few, and the so-called constitutional government to be really a democracy.
In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.