Wars, therefore, are to be undertaken for this end, that we may live in peace, without being injured; but when we obtain the victory, we must preserve those enemies who behaved without cruelty or inhumanity during the war.

Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts, it is something celestial and divine.

Scurrility has no object in view but incivility; if it is uttered from feelings of petulance, it is mere abuse; if it is spoken in a joking manner, it may be considered raillery.

Reason should direct, and appetite obey.

When war is raging the laws are dumb.

It is difficult to set bounds to the price unless you first set bounds to the wish.

Hmm... That's like telling you about the cold of space, or terror of midnight. Sithis is all those things. He is... the Void.