In all things that you do, consider the end.

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.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

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.

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