It’s better to be lucky than rich.
Where there are boos, there’s life!
The height is always ominous. From the height, there’s nowhere to go but down.
Once you get going on a thing you think it’s chickenshit to back off, and you need to finish it. Get it done. Whatever it is.
Noble people don’t do things for the money, they simply have money, and that’s what allows them to be noble. They don’t really have to think about it much; they sprout benevolent acts the way trees sprout leaves.
All authority ultimately rests on force.
A guy needed to keep an eye on his weak points, rule number one, because anything that can go wrong will go wrong.