War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

War should be undertaken in such a way as to show that its only object is peace.

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.

I speak of that learning which wakes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

This is the part of a great man, after he has maturely weighed all circumstances, to punish the guilty, to spare the many, and in every state of fortune not to depart from an upright, virtuous conduct.

There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.