For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

A man has no enemy worse than himself.

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.

It is a true saying that 'one falsehood easily leads to another.'

No power is strong enough to be lasting, if it labours under the weight of fear.

The safety of the people shall be the highest law.

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.