Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

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.

Forgiveness is a virtue of beauty. You learn to see a person no longer defined by a past but one that has re-created itself anew.

We’ll be all right. Somehow, we will. Trust it is the truth.

One foot in front of the other, wasn't that the grownup way of solving problems? Surely he ought to be a grownup at his age.

I'm inventing new principles. The audience has a point of view that no one can predict.

If I'm going to fail, let me fail with something that I care deeply about.

Without argument the species would parish.

They weren’t idiots, but I attracted trouble that just begged me to beat it into submission.

There are teams that are fair-haired, and those that aren't so fair-haired. Some teams are named Smith, some Grabowski. We're Grabowskis!

Only man has become an outsider - and because of his own efforts. On his own, he has separated himself from existence.

Now, Hillary's [Clinton] more than that, she's an actual - she could be a crime boss.