Honor Is Unknown In Despotic States.

The Laws Do Not Take Upon Them To Punish Any Other Than Overt Acts.

...when The Laws Have Ceased To Be Executed, As This Can Only Come From The Corruption Of The Republic, The State Is Already Lost.

Vitam Impendere Vero (i Consecrate My Life To Truth).

The Alms Given To A Naked Man In The Street Do Not Fulfil The Obligations Of The State, Which Owes To Every Citizen A Certain Subsistence, A Proper Nourishment, Convenient Clothing, And A Kind Of Life Not Incompatible With Health.

What Unhappy Beings Men Are! They Constantly Waver Between False Hopes And Silly Fears, And Instead Of Relying On Reason They Create Monsters To Frighten Themselves With, And Phantoms Which Lead Them Astray.