"I have climbed to the top of the greasy pole."

"The greatest pains to human nature are the pains of patience."

"He was distinguished for ignorance; for he had only one idea, and that was wrong."

"There are no secrets of success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure."

"I deny that a people can govern itself. Self-government is a contradiction in terms. Whatever form a government assumes, power must be exercised by a minority of numbers."