“The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.”

There are in the world, two powers. The sword and the spirit. The spirit has always vanquished the sword.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Courage is like love, it must have hope for nourishment.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

Impossible is the word found only in a fool’s dictionary. Wise people create opportunities for themselves and make everything possible

There is a joy in danger.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

I know he’s a good general, but is he lucky?

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The world suffers a lot. Not because the violence of bad people. But because of the silence of the good people.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.

Imagination governs the world.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind

I’ll be honest I can’t lie I miss you.

If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience.

Truth never damages a cause that is just.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none

Honesty is the ultimate liberation in life.

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it the second time.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.