“Die Freiheit ist kostbarer als jedes Geschenk, das dich verleiten mag, sie aufzugeben.”

“When desire dies,fear is born”

“Never compete with someone who has nothing to lose.”

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”

“Two kinds of people are good at foreseeing danger: those who have learned at their own expense, and the clever people who learn a great deal at the expense of others.”

“Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.”

“Every fool stands convinced; and everyone convinced is a fool. The faultier a person's judgement the firmer their convictions.”