They must know but little of mankind who can imagine that, after they have been once seduced by luxury, they can ever renounce it.

It should be remembered that the foundation of the social contract is property; and its first condition, that every one should be maintained in the peaceful possession of what belongs to him.

The less reasonable a cult is, the more men seek to establish it by force.

Men always love what is good or what they find good; it is in judging what is good that they go wrong.

The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

The man who has lived the longest is not he who has spent the greatest number of years, but he who has had the greatest sensibility of life.

Every artist loves applause. The praise of his contemporaries is the most valuable part of his recompense.

To reign by opinion, begin by trampling it under your feet.

The Catholic must adopt the decision handed down to him; the Protestant must learn to decide for himself.

Youth is the time to study wisdom; old age is the time to practice it.

Truth is no road to fortune.

You can get a thousand no's from people, and only one "yes" from God.

When you betray someone, First you betray to yourself who speak somewhere inside you that you are good human

Believe in yourself, you can do whatever you want.

Ponzi schemes don’t trickle down, they siphon up.

Where thou art, that is home.

The best answer to bad speech is good speech

Don't criticize what you can't understand, son. You never walked in that's man shoes.

I ended up buying a restaurant. Already we had invested in a gas station and a metal products plant.

Every great movement and which the conservative movement is, of course, every great movement ends up being a little bit sclerotic and dusty after a time and I think they need new fusion of energy.

All the learning in the world cannot replace instinct.