If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of t….

Justice, even if slow, is sure..

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command..

In all things let reason be your guide..

Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, whi….

Wealth breeds satiety, satiety outrage..

Speech is the mirror of action..

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath..

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches..

Laws are like spider's webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away..

A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality..

The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all..

In all things that you do, consider the end..

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces..

I grow old learning something new every day..

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law..

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been..

In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because….

Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish..

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom..

Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape..