Speeches pass away, but acts remain.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Nature intended women to be our slaves. They are our property.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

You think you are too intelligent to believe in God. I am not like you.

Whatever you ardently and passionately desire, that you obtain.

Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.

The leader's role is to define reality, then give hope

To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.

Opportunities? I make opportunities.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

The Mohammedan religion is the finest of all.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes.

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.