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.
Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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.
Each day grow older, and learn something new.
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.