Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt
Legions and fleets are not such sure bulwarks of imperial power as a numerous family
More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.
Nature gives liberty even to dumb animals.
It is found by experience that admirable laws and right precedents among the good have their origin in the misdeeds of others.
Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.