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

"Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied."

"He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss."

"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."

"When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the marjority of men live content."

"We all boil at different degrees."

"Age is opportunity no less than youth itself."

"I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown."

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."

"If Love be rough with you, be rough with Love, prick Love for pricking, and you beat Love down."

"If something is too hard to do, then it's not worth doing. You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio, your karate outfit and your unicycle and we'll go inside and watch TV."