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

"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor."

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

"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."

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

"Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand, for everyone can see and few can feel. Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are."

"The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free."

"It is well to give when asked, but it is better to give unasked, through understanding."

"We believe he wanted to win in the worst way."

"Mere sorrow, which weeps and sits still, is not repentance. Repentance is sorrow converted into action; into a movement toward a new and better life."

"Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous."

"Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure."