Art takes nature as its model.

A good style must have an air of novelty, at the same time concealing its art.

For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

It would be wrong to put friendship before the truth.

When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into existence, originating in the bare needs of life, and continuing in existence for the sake of a good life.

Law is order, and good law is good order.