Law Should Be Like Death, Which Spares

Laws, In Their Most General Signification, Are The Necessary Relations Arising From The Nature Of Things. In This Sense All Beings Have Their Laws: The Deity His Laws, The Material World Its Laws, The Intelligences Superior To Man Their Laws, The Beasts Their Laws, Man His Laws.

Slavery, Properly So Called, Is The Establishment Of A Right Which Gives To One Man Such A Power Over Another As Renders Him Absolute Master Of His Life And Fortune.

In The Matter Of Dress One Should Always Keep Below One's Ability.

The Public Business Must Be Carried On With A Certain Motion, Neither Too Quick Nor Too Slow.

There Should Be Weeping At A Man's Birth, Not At His Death.