Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans.

The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

I have had four happy days in my life, and three of them turned out to be illusions.

Honest men live on charity in their age; the almshouses are full of men who never stole a copper penny. Honest men are the fools and the saints.

Money? I lost all taste for it.

The feeble soul merely whines and complains.

It is not always wise to appear singular.