When a man finds a conclusion agreeable, he accepts it without argument, but when he finds it disagreeable, he will bring against it all the forces of logic and reason.
For men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them.
Human nature is the one constant through human history. It is always there.
The secret of freedom, courage.
History is Philosophy teaching by example.
For the love of gain would reconcile the weaker to the dominion of the stronger, and the possession of capital enabled the more powerful to reduce the smaller cities to subjection.