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.

Call no man happy until he is dead.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

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

I grow old learning something new every day.

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

In all things that you do, consider the end.