No pillow is as soft as clear conscience.

We often pardon those who bore us, we cannot pardon those whom we bore.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I speakthe truth, and they never believe me.

Byfailing to prepare you are preparing to fail.

No one lies as much as the indignant do.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Honesty and Wisdom are such a delightful pastime, at another person's expense !

Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establisha dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolutionin order to establish the dictatorship.

Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used toprotect the innocent.

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than less to lerated.