An innocent man, if accused, can be acquitted; a guilty man, unless accused, cannot be condemned. It is, however, more advantageous to absolve an innocent than not to prosecute a guilty man.

Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite.

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.

The aim of justice is to give everyone his due.

Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.

The life of the dead consists in the recollection cherished of them by the living.

Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.