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.

A rational army would run away.

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

It is requisite the government be so constituted as one man need not be afraid of another.

Very good laws may be ill timed.

The less men think, the more they talk.

Honor is unknown in despotic states.