"One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten off wolves."

"Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it."

"Since love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved."

"If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared."

"There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others."

"Nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does."

"The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground."

"YEAR, n. A period of three hundred and sixty-five disappointments."

"I can endure my own despair but not another's hope."

"A single event can shape our lives or change the course of history."

"What we say is important for in most cases the mouth speaks what the heart is full of."

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny."