Blaise Pascal on how the number of lackeys decides who yields the way

How right it is to distinguish men not by their inner qualities but by their outward signs! Which of us two is to go first? Which is to yield the way to the other? The one who is less nimble. But we are equally nimble, so force will have to be employed. He has four lackeys, I have only one; this is plain as day, everyone can count up to four, it is I who must yield, and to argue would be foolish. Thus peace between us is preserved, and what in the world is dearer than peace!

Blaise Pascal