An Honor Prudently Declined Often Returns With

...war Is Just To Those For Whom It Is Necessary, And Arms Are Clear Of Impiety For Those Who Have No Hope Left But In Arms.

No Law Can Possibly Meet The Convenience Of Every One: We Must Be Satisfied If It Be Beneficial On The Whole And To The Majority.

The Army From Asia Introduced A Foreign Luxury To Rome; It Was Then The Meals Began To Require More Dishes And More Expenditure . . . The Cook, Who Had Up To That Time Been Employed As A Slave Of Low Price, Become Dear: What Had Been Nothing But A Metier Was Elevated To An Art.

Nothing Hurts Worse Than The Loss Of Money.

Adversity Reminds Men Of Religion.