The basis of a democratic state is liberty
For often, when one is asleep, there is something in consciousness which declares that what then presents itself is but a dream.
The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.
The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.
Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.