History is a set of lies agreed upon.
Posterity alone rightly judges kings. Posterity alone has the right to accord or withhold honors.
Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.
Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.
Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.