Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).
There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.
We were born to unite with our fellow men, and to join in community with the human race.
The first bond of society is marriage.
What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?