Statesman

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

To some extent I liken slavery to death.

The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Laws should be interpreted in a liberal sense so that their intention may be preserved.

Seorang teman adalah seorang yang sama dengan yang lainnya.

Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.

Kemampuan tanpa kehormatan tidaklah berguna.

Hatred is inveterate anger.

What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.

Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Like associates with like.

Frivolity is inborn, conceit acquired by education.

Saya tidak malu mengakui kebodohan saya terhadap apa yang tidak saya ketahui.

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.