Of Evils One Should Choose The Least.

Thus In The Beginning The World Was So Made That Certain Signs Come Before Certain Events.

No One Has The Right To Be Sorry For Himself For A Misfortune That Strikes Everyone.

All Men Have A Feeling, That They Would Rather You Told Them A Civil Lie Than Give Them A Point Blank Refusal.... If You Make A Promise, The Thing Is Still Uncertain, Depends On A Future Day, And Concerns But Few People; But If You Refuse You Alienate People To A Certainty And At Once, And Many People Too.

War Leads To Peace. [lat., Cedant Arma Togae.]

Prudence Is The Knowledge Of Things To Be Sought, And Those To Be Shunned.