To preserve the life of citizens, is the greatest virtue in the father of his country.

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

For greed, all nature is too little.

What view is one likely to take of the state of a person's mind when his speech is wild and incoherent and knows no constraint?

Who needs forgiveness, should the same extend with readiness.

No one can be happy who has been thrust outside the pale of truth. And there are two ways that one can be removed from this realm: by lying, or by being lied to.

There is the need for someone against which our characters can measure themselves. Without a ruler, you won't make the crooked straight.