Reason Is The Soul Of The Law.

Government Is Necessary, Not Because Man Is Naturally Bad... But Because Man Is By Nature More Individualistic Than Social.

The Best Men Are The Least Suspicious Of Fraudulent Purposes.

Prudence Is A Presumption Of The Future, Contracted From The Experience Of Time Past.

Silence Is Sometimes An Argument Of Consent.

Emulation Is Grief Arising From Seeing One's Self, Exceeded Or Excelled By His Concurrent, Together With Hope To Equal Or Exceed Him In Time To Come, By His Own Ability. But Envy Is The Same Grief Joined With Pleasure Conceived In The Imagination Of Some Ill-fortune That May Befall Him.