In the first place, then, men should guard against the beginning of change, and in the second place they should not rely upon the political devices of which I have already spoken invented only to deceive the people, for they are proved by experience to be useless.

In part, art completes what nature cannot elaborate; and in part it imitates nature.

All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for.

If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.

Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.

Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.