Let The Punishment Match The Offense.

Civilized People Are Taught By Logic, Barbarians, By Necessity, Communities By Tradition; And The Lesson Inculcated Even In Wild Beasts By Nature Itself. They Learn That They Have To Defend Their Own Bodies And Persons Lives From Violence Of Any And Every Kind By All Means Within Their Power.

If You Wish To Remove Avarice You Must Remove Its Mother, Luxuries. [lat., Avaritiam Si Tollere Vultis, Mater Ejus Est Tollenda, Luxuries.]

People Do Not Understand What A Great Revenue Economy Is.

The Evil Implanted In Man By Nature Spreads So Imperceptibly, When The Habit Of Wrong-doing Is Unchecked, That He Himself Can Set No Limit To His Shamelessness.

This Is The Part Of A Great Man, After He Has Maturely Weighed All Circumstances, To Punish The Guilty, To Spare The Many, And In Every State Of Fortune Not To Depart From An Upright, Virtuous Conduct.