Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach.
The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
Virtue and decency are so nearly related that it is difficult to separate them from each other but in our imagination.
Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.
There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.
They condemn what they do not understand.