An unjust peace is better than a just war.
I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious.
The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong
The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.
That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.
Who doesn't know that the first law of history is not to dare to say anything false, and the second is not to refrain from saying anything true?