To the disobedient let the voice of the law be heard saying:--He who tries to pervert justice in the minds of the judges, or to increase litigation, shall be brought before the supreme court.

If he does so from contentiousness, let him be silenced for a time, and, if he offend again, put to death.

If he have acted from a love of gain, let him be sent out of the country if he be a foreigner, or if he be a citizen let him be put to death.
BOOK XII.

If a false message be taken to or brought from other states, whether friendly or hostile, by ambassadors or heralds, they shall be indicted for having dishonoured their sacred office, and, if convicted, shall suffer a penalty .-- Stealing is mean; robbery is shameless.

Let no man deceive himself by the supposed example of the Gods, for no God or son of a God ever really practised either force or fraud.