“Remember your humanity, and forget the rest.”

“The soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”

“In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.”

“The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.”

“Do not let the behavior of others destroy your inner peace.”

“Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.”

“A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy dare live.”