There is a very good saying that if triangles invented a god, they would make him three-sided.
The less luxury there is in a republic, the more it is perfect.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
Human laws made to direct the will ought to give precepts, and not counsels.
Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.
Countries are not cultivated in proportion to their fertility, but to their liberty.