"Conquest, acquisition of peoples and territory through force, followed by subjugation, confers a legal right and title."

"Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend."

"A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion."

"Knowledge is power."

"Friendship is a medicine for all misfortunes."