Things are not to be judged good or bad merely because the public think so.

When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.

Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt

Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.

Cruelty is fed, not weakened, by tears.

Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.