Any man may make a mistake; none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

Wars are to be undertaken in order that it may be possible to live in peace without molestation.

It is virtue itself that produces and sustains friendship, not without virtue can friendship by any possibility exist.

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

The foundation of justice is good faith.

The whole of virtue consists in its practice.

Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.