What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts, and to be prepared in all things.

Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education never first; rather the beginnings of things arise from natural talent, and ends are reached by discipline.

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

Let the force of arms give place to law and justice.

My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.

Pardon is granted to necessity.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.