"One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves."

"He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss."

"Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it."

"Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved."

"There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct or more uncertain in its success than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things."

"War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel."

"My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met."

"A light heart lives long."

"If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?"

"Now cracks a noble heart. Good night sweet prince:And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"

"The world wants to be cheated. So cheat."

"By constant self-discipline and self-control you can develop greatness of character."