"I ask you to stand by my side in the next five years. We shall live a good life in a Romania of all Romanians"

"Life is life - whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage"

"Plunge boldly into the thick of life, and seize it where you will, it is always interesting"

"People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest"

"A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie"

"Cats and monkeys; monkeys and cats; all human life is there"

"He who is too busy doing good finds no time to be good"

"Always live in the ugliest house on the street - then you don't have to look at it"

"Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath"

"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit"

"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"