Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.