Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

The man who is always fortunate cannot easily have a great reverence for virtue.

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never deprived of their goods by public men.

Thrift is of great revenue.