 From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us. |
| Victory belongs to the most persevering. |
| The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know. |
| The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man. |
| We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him. |
| The best cure for the body is a quiet mind. |
| History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. |
| The word impossible is not in my dictionary. |
| Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them. |
| A picture is worth a thousand words. |
| It requires more courage to suffer than to die. |
| Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. |
| Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. |
| War is the business of barbarians. |
| Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. |
| I have only one counsel for you - be master. |
| The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies. |
| Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy. |
| Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence. |
| The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny. |
