It is not becoming to grieve immoderately for the dead.
Necessity reforms the poor, and satiety reforms the rich.
Even the bravest men are frightened by sudden terrors.
By punishing men of talent we confirm their authority.
A bad peace is even worse than war.
In careless ignorance they think it civilization, when in reality it is a portion of their slavery...To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false pretenses, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.