"For he who is not strong enough to protect himself must seek protection from others."

"For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearances, as though they were realities, and are often even more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are."

"The common people are always caught by appearances and by the outcome of a thing; and in the world there are only the common people."

"He who is the cause of another becoming powerful is ruined; because that power has been effected either by industry or by force, and both of these are suspicious to the one who has been raised to powe…"

"A man who is used to acting in one way, cannot change; because he cannot, he is ruined."