Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Call no man happy until he is dead.
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence every one must take an equal portion most people would be content to take their own and depart.
I grow old learning something new every day.
Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.
Nothing in excess.
Laws are the spider's webs which if anything small falls into them they ensnare it but large things break through and escape.
count no man happy until he be dead.
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.