Enthusiasm is faith set on fire.

A peace which depends upon fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell peopleyou are, you aren't.

Human beings are not perfectible. They are improvable.

There arealways two forces warring against each other within us.

A man without a smiling face must not open a shop.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A lie has no leg, but a scandel has wings

Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical

It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

If power is for sale, sell your mother to buy it. You canalways buy her back again.

Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.