The Art Of War Is Like The

Nature Without Exercise Is A Seed Shut Up In A Pod, And Art Without Practice Is Nothing.

A High Heart Ought To Bear Calamities And Not Flee Them, Since In Bearing Them Appears The Grandeur Of The Mind And In Fleeing Them The Cowardice Of The Heart.

Learning Is The Property Of Those Who Fear To Do Disagreeable Things.

What Evil Is There In Seeing A Man Possess A Woman? Why, The Beasts Would Be More Free Than We!

I Am A Free Man. I Do Not Need To Copy Petrarca Or Boccaccio. My Own Genius Is Enough. Let Others Worry Themselves About Style, And So Cease To Be Themselves. Without A Master, Without A Model, Without A Guide, I Go To Work And Earn My Living, My Well-being And My Fame.