Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.