Given a choice between a folly and a sacrament, one should always choose the folly—because we know a sacrament will not bring us closer to god and there’s always the chance that a folly will.

The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.

'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.

Scarcely is there any peace so unjust that it is better than even the fairest war. -Vix ulla tam iniqua pax, quin bello vel aequissimo sit potior

Wherever you encounter truth, look upon it as Christianity.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.