"Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times."

"All men are bad and ever ready to use their inherent baseness whenever they have a free opportunity to do so."

"He who blinds himself to reality must prepare to be destroyed."

"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."

"He who is not strong enough to be a fox and a lion at the same time, will be ruined by either."