The disasters of the world are due to its inhabitants not being able to grow old simultaneously. There is always a raw and intolerant nation eager to destroy the tolerant and mellow.

War's a game which were their subjects wise Kings would not play at.

As peace is of all goodness, so war is an emblem, a hieroglyphic, of all misery.

All delays are dangerous in war.

War is a generality, so are the inevitabilities of war, including death.

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that man measures man.

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

Men love war because it allows them to look serious. Because it is the one thing that stops women laughing at them.

Morality is contraband in war.

War is an unmitigated evil. But it certainly does one good thing. It drives away fear and brings bravery to the surface.