“Седнал - той говори едно, а прав -друго.”

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”

“No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.”

“They envy the distinction I have won; let them, therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.”

“If a man is ambitious for power, he can have no better supporters than the poor: They are not worried about their own possessions, since they have none, and whatever will put something in their pockets is right and proper in their eyes." (Jugurthine War 86.3)”

“Едно е да искаш, друго е да можеш, а трето и четвърто - да го направиш.”

“... едно е да ти се иска, друго е - да можеш, а пък трето и четвърто - да го направиш.”