A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

The cemetery is filled with indispensable men.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I respect only those who resist me, but I cannot tolerate them.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

There can be no other criterion, no other standard than gold. Yes, gold which never changes, which can be shaped into ingots, bars, coins, which has no nationality and which is eternally and universally accepted as the unalterable fiduciary value par excellence.

Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.