There Is No Life Without Friendship

Whatever Befalls In Accordance With Nature Should Be Accounted Good.

Let Reason Govern Desire.

The Function Of Wisdom Is To Discriminate Between Good And Evil.

In This Statement, My Scipio, I Build On Your Own Admirable Definition, That There Can Be No Community, Properly So Called, Unless It Be Regulated By A Combination Of Rights. And By This Definition It Appears That A Multitude Of Men May Be Just As Tyrannical As A Single Despot And Indeed This Is The Most Odious Of All Tyrannies, Since No Monster Can Be More Barbarous Than The Mob, Which Assumes The Name And Mask Of The People.

Let The Punishment Be Proportionate To The Offense.