In a democracy, someone who fails to get elected to office can always console himself with the thought that there was something not quite fair about it.

I am not blaming those who are resolved to rule, only those who show an even greater readiness to submit.

You should punish in the same manner those who commit crimes with those who accuse falsely.

Stories happen to those who tell them.

It is a common mistake in going to war to begin at the wrong end, to act first, and wait for disasters to discuss the matter.

When tremendous dangers are involved, no one can be blamed for looking to his own interest.

Love of power, operating through greed and through personal ambition, was the cause of all these evils.