For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.

I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.

A good name is like precious ointment ; it filleth all round about, and will not easily away; for the odors of ointments are more durable than those of flowers.

My praise shall be dedicated to the mind itself. The mind is the man, and the knowledge is the mind. A man is but what he knoweth. The mind is but an accident to knowledge, for knowledge is the double of that which is.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

The French are wiser than they seem, and the Spaniards seem wiser than they are.

Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.