War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men.

Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

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.

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

Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.

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.

I do not sleep to let others sleep in the shade of my waking.