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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that we all may be free.
Sweet is the memory of past troubles.
Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Laws are silent in time of war.
True nobility is exempt from fear.
True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long.
It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal.
Ability without honor is useless.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.
In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
The sinews of war are infinite money.
Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
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