How perilous it is to free a people who prefer slavery.
One should never risk one's whole fortune unless supported by one's entire forces.
A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.
With difficulty he is beaten who can estimate his own forces and those of his enemy.
The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.
....nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.