In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

A leader is a dealer in hope.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

—Albert Einstein

The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.

—C. S. Lewis

To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.

—Gustave Flaubert

Everything too stupid to be said is sung.

—Voltaire

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.

—Thomas Szasz