As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

We come into the world alone and we die alone. Why, in life, should we be any less alone?

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings

I like best the wine drunk at the cost of others.

The great thieves lead away the little thief.

No man is hurt but by himself.