Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
On a farm the best fertilizer is the master's eye.
Chance is a second master.
Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.