The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.
Always win; but if you must lose, make the person in front of you break the record.
Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the governing of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.
It is a lesson never learned: Matters of state and the heart that start with a lie rarely end well.
The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success.