Camillo di Cavour

Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

You know the good part about all those executions in Texas? Fewer Texans.

The chief lesson I have learned in a long life is that the only way you can make a man trustworthy is to trust him; and the surest way to make him untrustworthy is to distrust him.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.