There are only two cases in which war is just: first, in order to resist the aggression of an enemy, and second, in order to help an ally who has been attacked.

As men are affected in all ages by the same passions, the occasions which bring about great changes are different, but the causes are always the same.

If you would be holy, instruct your children, because all the good acts they perform will be imputed to you.

I have ever held it as a maxim never to do that through another which it was impossible for me to execute myself

Democracy is corrupted not only when the spirit of equality is corrupted, but likewise when they fall into a spirit of extreme equality.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

The reason the Romans built their great paved highways was because they had such inconvenient footwear.