The national budget must be balanced. The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled. Payments to foreign governments must be reduced. If the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt, people must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.

I was never afraid of anything in the world except the dentist.

God's 'failures' are really man's failures.

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.

Obscurity can be a fire of ambition in those who have stalwart souls