A State Of The Soul Is Either

To The Sober Person Adventurous Conduct Often Seems Insanity.

The Greatest Virtues Are Those Which Are Most Useful To Other Persons.

Even If You Must Have Regard To Wealth, In Order To Secure Leisure, Yet It Is Surely A Bad Thing That The Greatest Offices, Such As Those Of Kings And Generals, Should Be Bought. The Law Which Allows This Abuse Makes Wealth Of More Account Than Virtue, And The Whole State Becomes Avaricious.

It Is Easier To Get One Or A Few Of Good Sense, And Of Ability To Legislate And Adjudge, Than To Get Many.

A Great City Is Not To Be Confounded With A Populous One.