A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Every little advantage is of great moment when men have to come to blows.

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.

Women are the most charitable creatures, and the most troublesome. He who shuns women passes up the trouble, but also the benefits. He who puts up with them gains the benefits, but also the trouble. As the saying goes, there's no honey without bees.

There is simply no comparison between a man who is armed and one who is not. It is simply unreasonable to expect that an armed man should obey one who is unarmed, or that an unarmed man should remain safe and secure when his servants are armed.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.