"The best leader is the one who has the sense to surround himself with outstanding people and self-restraint not to meddle with how they do their jobs."

"We are like oil and water, but all my other relationships are like oil and vinegar! Delicious!"

"Prosperity is living easily and happily in the real world, whether you have money or not."

"I still believe that at any time the no-talent police will come and arrest me."

"It is one of the worst of errors to suppose that there is any path for safety except that of duty."

"He felt a furious sense of powerlessness, because he played no part in Alice's life, but by god she did in his, like a daughter whose name he hadn't been able to choose."

"Those who try to give us advice on matters of human rights do nothing but provoke an ironic smile among us. We will not permit anyone to interfere in our affairs."

"The more you talk to yourself, the more apt you are to lie."

"One ought to seek out virtue for its own sake, without being influenced by fear or hope, or by any external influence. Moreover, that in that does happiness consist."

"Before you were conceived I wanted you. Before you were born I loved you. Before you were here an hour I would die for you. This is the miracle of life."

"See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect."

"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering."