Endless money forms the sinews of war.

The sinews of war are infinite money.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

Laws are inoperative in war

Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.

In times of war, the law falls silent.

Silent enim leges inter arma