The art of being sometimes audacious and sometimes very prudent is the secret of success.

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

A beautiful woman like eyes, and a good heart; One is a beautiful thing, and other treasures.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions, the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.