No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.
Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.
The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.
I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.