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.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

In all things let reason be your guide.

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.

I grow old learning something new every day.

To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.

Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.