The world soffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

Society cannot exist without inequality of fortunes and the inequality of fortunes could not subsist without religion. Whenever a half-starved person is near another who is glutted, it is impossible to reconcile the difference if there is not an authority who tells him to.

A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.