“The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.”

“Killing your rival doesn’t guarantee happiness. Sometimes it ruins any chance you have of it instead. Memories of dead men hold far more power than the annoyances of living ones.”

“Since nothing is less stable among men than those external relationships which chance brings about more often than wisdom, and which are called weakness or power, wealth or poverty, human establishments appear at first glance to be based on piles of shifting sand.”

“Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for powers equal to your tasks. Then the doing of your work shall be no miracle, but you shall be the miracle. ”

“It's at moment of misfortune that we remember we're all exiles.”

“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.”