A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.
Nothing is more difficult and therefore more precious than to be able to decide.
All religions have been made by men.
With audacity one can undertake anything.
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...
A picture is worth a thousand words.
The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains.
Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures but in the use made of them.
If they want peace nations should avoid the pinpricks that precede cannon shots.
Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
The heart of a statesman should be in his head.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.
All the scholastic scaffolding falls as a ruined edifice before a single word: faith.