Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.

To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.

Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.

Did not he, then, who, if he had died at that time, would have died in all his glory, owe all the great and terrible misfortunes into which he subsequently fell to the prolongation of his life at that time?