Proof that they do not understand the republic is that in their fine promises for universal suffrage, they forgot women.

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society.

Business is other people's money.

To love the one who loves you, To admire the one who admires you, In a word, to be the idol of one's idol, Is exceeding the limit of human joy; It is stealing fire from heaven.

The best religion is the most tolerant.

There is only one proper way to wear a beautiful dress: to forget you are wearing it.

Infidelity, like death, admits of no degrees.

Love with men is not a sentiment, but an idea.

Modesty is the chastity of merit, the virginity of noble souls.

Treasures are not for youth; at twenty years of age, one does not know how to be rich, or how to be loved.

Eternal Inner Peace has to be cultivated daily.

The worst thing that I can do is humanize God. The second worst thing that I can do is deify myself. And the best thing that I can do is to avoid both.

It is just as important that we enter into a dialogue with China.

Bull markets go to people's heads. If you're a duck on a pond, and it's rising due to a downpour, you start going up in the world. But you think it's you, not the pond.

There are goods that are outside trade and in the public domain and that should be reserved and protected.

How quickly revolutions grow old; and, worse still, respectable.

Conflicts between nations will continue to arise. The real issue is whether they are to be resolved by force, or by resort to peaceful methods and procedures, administered by impartial institutions.

A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.

Why only twelve disciples? Go out and get thousands.

Reasons always came with a purpose, to give the appearance of a struggle between principle and desire. Principle had power only until you found what you had to have.

I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism.