Be my brother or I will kill you.
People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.
Nearly all men are slaves for the same reason that the Spartans assigned for the servitude of the Persians -- lack of power to pronounce the syllable, "No." To be able to utter that word and live alone, are the only means to preserve one's freedom and one's character.
Where violence reigns, reason is weak.
Women see faults much more readily in each other than they can discover perfections.