"Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace."

"Probably all laws are useless, for good men do not want laws at all, and bad men are made no better by them."

"Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds."

"The really happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery when on a detour."

"When words fail, music speaks."

"Setting loose on the battlefield weapons that are able to learn may be one of the biggest mistakes mankind has ever made. It could also be one of the last."

"Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character."

"The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true."

"When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."

"No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days."

"Whom did it benefit. (Cui Bono Fuerit)"

"How beautiful it is to do nothing, and then rest afterward."