He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
How many really capable men are children more than once during the day?
10 persons who speak make more noise than 10 000 who are silent.
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
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.
My downfall raises me to infinite heights.
A leader is a dealer in hope.
The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.
Imagination rules the world.
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.
History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
Courage is like love it must have hope for nourishment.
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.
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.