“War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.”
“The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.”
“If you want to prosper, prosper God.”
“Mankind is a plague. Look at you. You rape and pillage, you suck the Earth dry and kill all your kindred. What species has prospered under man's dominion?”
“Treason doth never prosper, what's the reason?For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”
“Treason doth never prosper: what ’s the reason?Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”