Clemency alone makes us equal to the gods.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

He who seeks to terrify others is more in fear himself.

Nature has given the opportunity of happiness to all, knew they but how to use it.

Whoever desires is always poor.

Power call achieve more by gentle means than by violence.

Nothing is more annoying than a low man raised to a high position.

The people become more observant of justice, and do not refuse to submit to the laws when they see them obeyed by their enactor.

Death is the great leveller.

A severe war lurks under the show of peace.

In sleep, when fancy is let loose to play, Our dreams repeat the wishes of the day.

Truth is the only safe ground to stand on.

It's no good to give money to anybody who thinks money as the root of all evil.

It took us a while to discover that we do effectively think, but that we more readily narrate backward in order to give ourselves the illusion of understanding, and give a cover to our past actions.

I enjoy self-publishing & sending publishers rejection letters. They're like, 'Who is this guy?' And I'm like, 'the end of your industry.

Our Lord commonly giveth Riches to such gross asses to whom he affordeth nothing else that is good.

Patience wins the race.

I'm my own doctor. I have a group of people who call me up on a weekly basis. I'm a 'doctor' without a license.

Every room that you walk into is better off that you're there.

My nickname when I was young was Teddy, so people would call me Teddy Bear.

When you're president, you learn to act like you know what you're talking about. And it's a great skill.