"The vulgar are always taken by appearances and by the outcome of a thing; and in the world there are only the vulgar."

"Men in general judge more by the sense of sight than by the sense of touch, because everyone can see but few can test by feeling."

"Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions."

"He who conquers a province in a foreign country, and does not establish his residence there, is in great danger of losing it."

"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."