The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant in the minds of his citizens.

In all things which have a plurality of parts, and which are not a total aggregate but a whole of some sort distinct from the parts, there is some cause.

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

We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.

The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and sheep and goats, and swine. This has not been observed in other animals. Those persons which have the greatest number of teeth are the longest lived; those which have them widely separated, smaller, and more scattered, are generally more short lived.

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

A promise made must be a promise kept.