Don't get so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance.

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuous in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.

Men are so simple of mind$$$ and so much dominated by their immediate needs$$$ that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent$$$ so that if he does not attain to their greatness$$$ at any rate he will get some tinge of it.

A man who wishes to profess at all times will come to ruin among so many who are not good.

But when you disarm them$$$ you at once offend them by showing that you distrust them$$$ either for cowardice or for want of loyalty$$$ and either of these opinions breeds hatred against you.

For one change always leaves a dovetail into which another will fit.

There is no other way of guarding oneself against flattery than by letting men understand that they will not offend you by speaking the truth; but when everyone can tell you the truth$$$ you lose their respect.

To be rapable$$$ a position that is social not biological$$$ defines what a woman is.