Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed for if you merely offend them they take vengeance but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared.
There is no avoiding war it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.
The most positive men are the most credulous.
If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million that's the bank's problem.
