When the State is corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
It is a part of the nature of man to resist compulsion.
Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.
The hatred of relatives is the most violent.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.