“Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.”

“We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them”

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.”

“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office”

“In plain words, chaos was the law of nature, order was the dream of man.””

“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”