Vicious habits are so odious and degrading that they transform the individual who practices them into an incarnate demon.

There are some duties we owe even to those who have wronged us. There is, after all, a limit to retribution and punishment.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

More laws, less justice.

Nature has granted the use of life like a loan, without fixing any day for repayment.

History illumes reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life

The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.