Hence it comes that all armed Prophets have been victorious, and all unarmed Prophets have been destroyed.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.

Planning provides certainty.

Let go of yesterday, you made it! Don't use yesterday's state of mind to make today's decisions.

If the last to know he’s an addict is the addict, then maybe the last to know when a man means what he says is the man himself, he reflected.

Life is not meant to be easy, my child; but take courage: it can be delightful.

You don't boo at a Kemp rally. You boo at football games.

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.

. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better.

Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.

I wouldn't abandon nobody. I would be lying if I said I was just talking to everybody.