For as good habits of the people require good laws to support them, so laws, to be observed, need good habits on the part of the people.

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.

Business is based on the well-known principle of supply and demand. You want something, the other man has it. The only thing left to settle is the price.

The whole of what we know is a system of compensations. Each suffering is rewarded each sacrifice is made up every debt is paid.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

My idea of heaven used to be relaxing at home with a cheese plate and champagne.

I am on the cusp of change and the curve is shifting fast.

I know that I have found fulfillment. I have an object in life, a task ... a passion.

Money won't buy you happiness, but it'll pay for the search

For every mountain, there is a miracle.

Love not only prefers the good of another to my own, but it does not even compare the two.

The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.