It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need

In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign... Secondly, a just cause... Thirdly... a rightful intention.

Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good.

Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

There is no leisure about politics.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

A scrap of knowledge about sublime things is worth more than any amount about trivialities.