Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
Haste is blind and improvident.
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
There are laws for peace as well as war.
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.