Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.