He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
Force always attracts men of low morality.
For some men, the stronger their desire, the more difficult it is for them to act.[L’action, pour certains hommes, est d’autant plus impraticable que le désir est plus fort.]
Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so. Good order and discipline in an army are more to be depended upon than ferocity.[La natura genera pochi uomini gagliardi; la industria e l’esercizio ne fa assai. Può la disciplina nella guerra più che il furore.]
Facing them with knives and spears was much easier than loving one.[about men]
Elderly women were as tough as nails but it seemed that men got softer as they aged; their emotions caught them off guard, as if some protective barrier had been worn away by time.
Don’t judge of Mens Wealth or Piety, by their Sunday Appearances.
Children will always be afraid of the dark, and men with minds sensitive to hereditary impulse will always tremble at the thought of the hidden and fathomless worlds of strange life which may pulsate in the gulfs beyond the stars, or press hideously upon our own globe in unholy dimensions which only the dead and the moonstruck can glimpse.
But men often mistake revenge and killing for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
Between men there is by nature merely indifference, but between women there is enmity even by nature.[Zwischen Männern ist von Natur bloß Gleichgültigkeit; aber zwischen Weibern ist schon von Natur Feindschaft.]
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
Better have beasts that stand and let themselves be killed than men who run like rabbits.[Mieux vaut des bêtes qui se font tuer sur place que des hommes qui foutent le camp.]
