Napoléon Bonaparte

Men take only their needs into consideration – never their abilities.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

All religions have been made by men.

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.

There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.