"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."

"I am for those means which will give the greatest good to the greatest number."

"My boy will learn by what I am and what I do far more than what I tell him."

"Don't simply retire from something; have something to retire to."

"Love is the irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired."

"Don't jump on a man unless he's down."

"Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it."

"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."

"No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the rest of the world. Which is chaotic."

"An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't."