That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted.

If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

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.

By doubting we come at truth.

Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.