It is better to meet a thing in time than after an injury inflicted to seek a remedy. No one ought to be a witness in his own cause. No man ought to be condemned without being heard unless he be contumacious. We can do nothing against the truth. A gift is not valid unless accompanied by possession.
Every act is to be judged by the intention of the doer.
The value of a thing is estimated according to its worth in money, but the value of money is not estimated by its reference to a thing. One thing throws light upon others. A new road, not an old one, often deceives the traveler. It is according to nature that the advantage of anything should attach to him whom the disadvantages attach. Power should follow justice, not precede it.