Pleasant is the recollection of dangers past.
There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.
I cease not to advocate peace; even though unjust it is better than the most just war.
They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever.
What is permissible is not always honorable.
We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish.