"One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves."

"Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied."

"Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it."

"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."

"...people are by nature fickle, and it is easy to persuade them of something, but difficult to keep them persuaded."

"Hatred may be engendered by good deeds as well as bad ones."

"Vice...Virtue...It's not good to be too moral. You cheat yourself out of too much life. Aim above morality."

"The first thing a girl hopes for from the garden of love is at least one carat."

"It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream."

"The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is"

"The greatest mistake a man can make is to be afraid of making one."

"Successful men are defined by thier actions; Unsuccessful men are defined by actions not taken."