Our characters are the result of our conduct.
For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.
In general, what is written must be easy to read and easy to speak; which is the same.
It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adultery: the law can look only to the amount of damage done.
The gods too are fond of a joke.
In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.