“The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”

“Now I am about to take my last voyage, a great leap in the dark”

“Curiosity is the lust of the mind.”

“Silence is sometimes an argument of Consent”

“I often observe the absurdity of dreams, but never dream of the absurdity of my waking thoughts.”

“The right of nature... is the liberty each man hath to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life.”

“And we all know love is a glass which makes even a monster appear fascinating.”

“Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”

“Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.”

“War is what happens when language fails.”

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”

“The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.”