Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.
Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.
A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.