Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.
Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.
Art takes nature as its model.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Revolutions are not about trifles, but spring from trifles.
Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.