“There are laws for peace as well as war.”

Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.

No law is sufficiently convenient to all.

Greater is our terror of the unknown.

There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

Woe to the conquered.

From abundance springs safety.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.

Adversity makes men remember God.

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

Prosperity engenders sloth.

Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

Surveys like this are also conducted by other countries. We should handle this calmly under international law.

One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.

Our system of justice is surely richer for the diversity of background and experience of its judges.

Trust me that as I ignore all law to help the slave, so will I ignore it all to protect an enslaved woman.

Yet, as the numbers reveal, women in law, even today, are not entering a bias-free profession.

Our mutual respect is only momentarily touched by our sometimes strong disagreements on what the law is.

You must obey the law, always, not only when they grab you by your special place.

What I have done is to show that it is possible for the way the universe began to be determined by the laws of science.