Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.

Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense.

He removes the greatest ornament of friendship who takes away from it respect.

There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

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.