“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)”

“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.”

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

“I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”