The best interpreter of the law is custom.

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

To freemen, threats are impotent.

The mansion should not be graced by its master, the master should grace the mansion.

Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions.