Wise kings wear shabby clothes, and leave the gold lace to the drum major.

Forgive him, for he believes that the customs of his tribe are the laws of nature!

It's a dangerous thing to be married right up to the hilt, like my daughter's husband. The man is at home all day, like a damned soul in hell.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor.

Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this fact for its basis.

Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.