War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it be lost.

We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree.

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: The pains of power are real its ple…