Learn to obey before you command.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.