When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.
Fashion condemns us to many follies the greatest is to make oneself its slave.
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
As to moral courage I have very rarely met with the two o'clock in the morning kind. I mean unprepared courage that which is necessary on an unexpected occasion and which in spite of the most unfo...
All religions have been made by men.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
Imagination rules the world.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.