The non-attendance at a chorus or sacrifice, or the omission to pay a war-tax, may be regarded as in the first instance remediable, and the defaulter may give security; but if he forfeits the security, the goods pledged shall be sold and the money given to the state.

And for obstinate disobedience, the magistrate shall have the power of inflicting greater penalties.
A city which is without trade or commerce must consider what it will do about the going abroad of its own people and the admission of strangers.
For out of intercourse with strangers there arises great confusion of manners, which in most states is not of any consequence, because the confusion exists already; but in a well-ordered state it may be a great evil.

Yet the absolute prohibition of foreign travel, or the exclusion of strangers, is impossible, and would appear barbarous to the rest of mankind.

Public opinion should never be lightly regarded, for the many are not so far wrong in their judgments as in their lives.

Even the worst of men have often a divine instinct, which enables them to judge of the differences between the good and bad.