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cemvirate was harmful to the liberty of that Republic, notwithstanding that it was created by public and free suffrages. chap. 35. p. 51

Citizens who have held the highest honors should not disdain the lesser ones. chap. 36. p. 52

What scandals the agrarian law law concerning the distribution of public land caused in Rome, and how making a law in a Republic that looks far back and is against an ancient custom of the city is most scandalous. chap. 37. p. 53

In diverse peoples, one often sees the same accidents. chap. 39. p. 57 Note: The chapter numbering skips 38 in the original source.

The creation of the Decemvirate in Rome, and what is to be noted therein: where it is considered, among many other things, how one can save or oppress a Republic through such an accident. chap. 40. p. 58

To jump from humility to pride, from piety to cruelty, without proper means, is an imprudent and useless thing. chap. 41. p. 61

When men can be easily corrupted. chap. 42. p. 62

Those who fight for their own glory are good and faithful soldiers. chap. 43. p. 62

A multitude without a head is useless, and one should not threaten first and then ask for authority. chap. 44. p. 62

It is a thing of bad example not to observe a law that has been made, and especially by the author of it; and to refresh new injuries every day in a city is most harmful to those who govern it. chap. 45. p. 63

Men ascend from one ambition to another: first, one seeks not to be offended, then to offend others. chap. 46. p. 64

Men, even if they deceive themselves in generalities, do not deceive themselves in particulars. chap. 47. p. 65