Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

Never write a letter and never destroy one.

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

I have never had any [enemies] other than those of the state.

Bakers of bread rolls and pastry cooks will not buy grain before eleven o'clock in winter and noon in summer; bakers of large loaves will not buy grain before two o'clock. This will enable the people of the town to obtain their supply first. Bakers shall put a distinctive trademark on their loaves, and keep weights and scales in their shops, under penalty of having their licenses removed.