I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law.

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citizens are securely in the saddle; but where the laws are not sovereign, there you find demagogues. The people become a monarch... such people, in its role as a monarch, not being controlled by law, aims at sole power and becomes like a master.

Law is mind without reason.

Money was established for exchange, but interest causes it to be reproduced by itself. Therefore this way of earning money is greatly in conflict with the natural law.

Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them.

The law is reason unaffected by desire.

The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the organization of offices in a state, and determines what is to be the governing body, and what is the end of each community. But laws are not to be confounded with the principles of the constitution; they are the rules according to which the magistrates should administer the state, and proceed against offenders.