Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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.
Learn to obey before you command.
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear