We May Assume The Superiority Ceteris Paribus

Of Mankind In General, The Parts Are Greater Than The Whole.

Anybody Can Get Hit Over The Head.

Those Who Cannot Bravely Face Danger Are The Slaves Of Their Attackers.

True Happiness Flows From The Possession Of Wisdom And Virtue And Not From The Possession Of External Goods.

There Are Three Things That Are The Motives Of Choice And Three That Are The Motives Of Avoidance; Namely, The Noble, The Expedient, And The Pleasant, And Their Opposites, The Base, The Harmful, And The Painful. Now In Respect Of All These The Good Man Is Likely To Go Right And The Bad To Go Wrong, But Especially In Respect Of Pleasure; For Pleasure Is Common To Man With The Lower Animals, And Also It Is A Concomitant Of All The Objects Of Choice, Since Both The Noble And The Expedient Appear To Us Pleasant.