“The rush of fear is far better than the defeat of boredom.”
“It is far better to put away fear than to be driven by it.”
“It might be that to surrender to happiness was to accept defeat, but it was a defeat better than many victories.”
“From this arises the following question: whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the reverse. The answer is that one would like to be both the one and the other, but because they are difficult to combine, it is far better to be loved than feared if you cannot be both.”
“An honorable defeat is better than a dishonorable victory.”
“This raises the question whether it is better to be loved than feared, or the contrary. My reply is that I would like to be both but as it is difficult to combine love and fear, if one has to choose between them it is far safer to be feared than loved”