If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.

In all things let reason be your guide.

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.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

What thou seest, speak of with caution.