Strong thoughts are accompanied by great emotions

The end of love looks like the beginning of war

Life is a dream. We wake up when we die

Christianity has so much taken roots among us that drunkards sing gospel songs on their way home

In leadership, the way up is down. Serve before you get served

You need to have the means to impose yourself

The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself

Women understand the workings of nature than men. They trust in their instincts while men consider this behavior weakness.

Peace is something you only have when your enemy is gone. Either after you have turned him into a friend or vanquished him

It's useless to disarm the hands, if the heart remains armed

A man should not compete with his wife in talk but in silence

A lady who sets her heart upon a lad in uniform must prepare to change lovers pretty quickly, or her life will be but a sad one.

Seduction is merely encouraging a man to do something he already wants to do.

I had a sudden notion of why history is such a mess: humans do not live long enough. We only learn from experience and have no time to use it in a continuous and sensible way.

Virtue has its own reward but no sale at the box office.

You've got to give more than you take.

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

Most people want their representatives to get something done.

Cosmologists are often in error, but never in doubt

I grew up kissing books and bread.