“The welfare of the people is the highest law”

“He must protect the lives and interests of the people, appeal to his fellow citizens' patriotic interests, and, in general, set the welfare of the community above his own”

“Salus populi suprema est lex [the good of the people is the chief law].”

“Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.”— Cicero”

“The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.”

“nemo enim umquam est oratorem, quod Latine loqueretur, admiratus; si est aliter, inrident neque eum oratorem tantum modo, sed hominem non putant.”

“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”