My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

The unfortunate are always egotistical.

Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power.

One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.