I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.

They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.

Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.

The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to withdraw their time and energy from the service of the body, and devote themselves to the freedom and culture of the mind. For that, they think, is the real happiness of life.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich - for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?

There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.