Liberty is a need felt by a small class of people whom nature has endowed with nobler minds than the mass of men;.... Consequently, it may be repressed with impunity. Equality, on the other hand, pleases the masses.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.

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

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.

I start out by believing the worst