We being satiate with continual wars, let the desire of peace a little move us. - Erasmus

Jokes can be handled in such a way that any reader who is not altogether lacking in discernment can scent something far more rewarding in them than in the crabbed and specious arguments of some people we know.

cual si la Naturaleza — respondería yo — hubiera tenido al crear al hombre una ley distinta de la que tuvo al crear a los demás seres, y como si ella que con tanta exquisita solicitud cuidó de los mosquitos, de las hierbas y de las florecillas, solamente se hubiera dormido al formar al ser humano

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.