The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.
Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by [Moral] Virtue.
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible.
Authority is no source for Truth.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.