In Constantinople, more Christians were slaughtered by Christians in the years 342-343 than by all the persecutions by pagans in the history of Rome.

War is one of the constants of history, and it has not diminished with civilization or democracy.

To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy.

[H]istory assures us that civilizations decay quite leisurely.

There is no significant example in history, before our time, of a society successfully maintaining moral life without the aid of religion.

The crossroads of trade are the meeting place of ideas, the attrition ground of rival customs and beliefs; diversities beget conflict, comparison, thought; superstitions cancel one another, and reason begins.

Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.