“The gratitude of most men is but a secret desire to receive even greater benefits.”

“When every benefit received is a right, there is no place for good manners, let alone for gratitude.”

“It is the nature of men to be bound by the benefits they confer as much as by those they receive.”

“The reproductive benefits of polygyny were so great for genes located in male bodies that the male mind might still have evolved to take advantage of those opportunities, if and when they did arise. As a result, men may harbor strong polygamous desires — much stronger than women’s — even if these desires are frustrated for most men throughout most of their lives.”

“Few men desire freedom, the greater part desire just masters.”
Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.

“Gratitude, not understanding, is the secret to joy and equanimity.”

“That possession which we gain by the sword is not lasting; gratitude for benefits is eternal.”
Non est diuturna possessio in quam gladio ducimus; beneficiorum gratia sempiterna est.

“Love is something far more than desire for sexual intercourse; it is the principal means of escape from the loneliness which afflicts most men and women throughout the greater part of their lives.”

“The secret of getting successful work out of your trained men lies in one nutshell—in the clearness of the instructions they receive.”

“Men go to far greater lengths to avoid what they fear than to obtain what they desire.”