The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer.

But as to the affection which anyone may have for us, it is the first demand of duty that we do most for him who loves us most; but we should measure affection, not like youngsters, by the ardour of its passion, but rather by its strength and constancy.

Ill gotten gains will be ill spent.

No one has leave to sin.

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.

In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.