"Law stands mute in the midst of arms."

"Force overcome by force. (Vi Victa Vis)"

"As the old proverb says 'Like readily consorts with like.'"

"Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability."

"Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge."

"The welfare of the people is the ultimate law. (Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex)"

"I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."

"Whoever cultivates the golden mean avoids both the poverty of a hovel and the envy of a palace."

"Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."

"Don't reinvent the wheel, just realign it."

"Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable."

"What wea€?re saying today is that you're either part of the solution or youa€?re part of the problem."