We Study History Not To Be Clever

No One Has Lived A Short Life Who Has Performed Its Duties With Unblemished Character.

Of Evils One Should Choose The Least. [lat., Ex Malis Eligere Minima Oportere.]

An Army Abroad Is Of Little Use Unless There Are Prudent Counsels At Home. [lat., Parvi Enim Sunt Foris Arma, Nisi Est Consilium Domi.]

Vivere Est Cogitare. (to Think Is To Live)

Nothing So Cements And Holds Together All The Parts Of A Society As Faith Or Credit, Which Can Never Be Kept Up Unless Men Are Under Some Force Or Necessity Of Honestly Paying What They Owe To One Another.