What thou seest, speak of with caution.
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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.