A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
Learn to obey before you command.
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.