I destroy my enemy when I make him my friend.

The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory will swell when again touched as surely they will be by the better angels of our nature.

Whoever mounds public sentiment, goes deeper than he who enacts statutes, or pronounces judicial decisions.

The severest justice may not always be the best policy