Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common.

The more laws, the less justice.

It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.

Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.

In all great arts, as in trees, it is the height that charms us; we care nothing for the roots or trunks, yet it could not be without the aid of these.

It is a crime to put a Roman citizen in chains, it is an enormity to flog one, sheer murder to slay one: what, then, shall I say of crucifixion? It is impossible to find the word for such an abomination.