"Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence"
"Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them"
"Respect the burden"
"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich"
"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet"
"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues"
"We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him"
"One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority"
"When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity"
"The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need"
"The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains"
"The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely"
"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent"
"Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in"
"Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them"
"Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy"
"A leader is a dealer in hope"
"A Constitution should be short and obscure"
"A celebrated people lose dignity upon a closer view"
"You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war"
"You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks"
"A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets"
"A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories"
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
"There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time"
"There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed"
"There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest"
"There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit"
"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination"
"The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny"
"The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man"
"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind"
"The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know"
