"Throughout history, great leaders have known the power of humor"

"Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare!"

"Prestige is the shadow of money and power"

"The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down"

"Don't let your will roar when your power only whispers"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon"

"Power wears out those who don't have it"

"Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles"

"A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect"

"The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance"