Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.
We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.
Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.
The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which is a little more important, until they have undermined the whole fabric of the state.