Audacity succeeds as often as it fails; in life it has an even chance.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

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.

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.