A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.

Kiss the feet of Popes provided their hands are tied.

An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.