To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.

Friendship is not to be sought for its wages, but because its revenue consists entirely in the love which it implies.

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defence can actually be just.

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.