War is a profession by which a man cannot live honorably; an employment by which the soldier, if he would reap any profit, is obliged to be false, rapacious, and cruel.

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.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

Winners are different. They're a different breed of cat.

Surely: the adverb of a man without an argument.

In those dark times, one rose to the very heights of humanity by simply remaining human.

She is such a scene-stealer. She's got these lashes and big eyes, and when she walks on to the set everybody just says "ooh."

For the signifier is a unit in its very uniqueness, being by nature symbol only of an absence.

What am I pondering, you ask? So help me God, immortality.

I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne, and yet must bear.

I can't drown my demons. They know how to swim.

Nothing can relieve the pain. Not crying, laughing, screaming, begging. Nothing can change the past.