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

The victors called the revolution a triumph of liberty; but now and then liberty in the slogans of the strong means freedom from restraint in the exploitation of the weak.

The only real revolution is in the enlightenment of the mind and the improvement of character, the only real emancipation is individual, and the only real revolutionists are philosophers and saints.

It is one of the most culpable oversights of nature that virtue and beauty so often come in separate packages.

In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.

The dog that buried the bone which even a canine appetite could not manage, the squirrel that gathered nuts for a later feast, the bees that filled the comb with honey, the ants that laid up stores for a rainy day - these were among the first creators of civilization. It was they....who taught our ancestors the art of providing for tomorrow out of the surplus of today, or of preparing for winter in summer's time of plenty.

History seldom destroys that which does not deserve to die; and the burning of the tares makes for the next sowing a richer soil.