The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want.

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 aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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

The physician himself, if sick, actually calls in another physician, knowing that he cannot reason correctly if required to judge his own condition while suffering.

One citizen differs from another, but the salvation of the community is the common business of them all. This community is the constitution; the virtue of the citizen must therefore be relative to the constitution of which he is a member.

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as a life that is both agreeable and secure.