Every one is the poorer in proportion as he has more wants, and counts not what he has, but wishes only what he has not.—Manilius.
If any one say that he has seen a just man in want of bread, I answer that it was in some place where there was no other just man.—St. Clement.
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.—Fielding.
War.—War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love; and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ.—Channing.
Most of the debts of Europe represent condensed drops of blood.—Beecher.
Battles are never the end of war; for the dead must be buried and the cost of the conflict must be paid.—James A. Garfield.
A wise minister would rather preserve peace than gain a victory, because he knows that even the most successful war leaves nations generally more poor, always more profligate, than it found them.—Colton.
War is a crime which involves all other crimes.—Brougham.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.—Washington.
War is a terrible trade; but in the cause that is righteous sweet is the smell of powder.—Longfellow.