There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

When trying a case [the famous judge] L. Cassius never failed to inquire "Who gained by it?" Man's character is such that no one undertakes crimes without hope of gain.

Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Let the punishment match the offense.

Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.

It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.