Justinian I quotes:

The safety of the state is the highest law.

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.

If anyone assert the fabulous pre-existence of souls and shall submit to the monstrous doctrine that follows from it, let him be anathema [excommunicated]

Keep cool and you will command everyone.

Justice is the firm and continuous desire to render to everyone that which is his due.

There are two great gifts which God, in his love for man, has granted from on high: the priesthood and the imperial dignity,

Justice is the constant and eternal purpose that renders to each his due.

If anything is due to a corporation, it is not due to the individual members thereof, nor do the members individually owe what the corporation owes.