Ambition aspires to descend

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

The fear of separation is all that unites.

I am not mean at all, I am not tough at all.

Everything I say about [writing] battles applies equally well in the boudoir.

I would do this for free as long as you're doing it for free.

I had no luck when I started out as a model. I keep telling people that it's the only career in the world that you can't choose for yourself - you have to be chosen.

I've always liked working with friends or, you know, people I have outside relationships with.

Most apparent conspiracies result from consistent local self-interest with no need for global coordination.

Every free man has a right to the use of the press, so he has to the use of his arms.

In this world, there is a kind of painful progress. Longing for what we've left behind, and dreaming ahead.

Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress.