Half of the people in the world are below average.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.
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.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.