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.

The less men think, the more they talk.

A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.

The false notion of miracles comes of our vanity, which makes us believe we are important enough for the Supreme Being to upset nature on our behalf.

The Ottoman Empire whose sick body was not supported by a mild and regular diet, but by a powerful treatment, which continually exhausted it.

Love of reading enables a man to exchange the weary hours, which come to every one, for hours of delight.

Do you think that God will punish them for not practicing a religion which he did not reveal to them?