Call no man happy until he is dead.
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.