A Constitution should be short and obscure.

Ambition never is in a greater hurry that I; it merely keeps pace with circumstances and with my general way of thinking.

The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.

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.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.

One is more certain to influence men, to produce more effect on them, by absurdities than by sensible ideas.