I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.

Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.

When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.

If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.

To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.

Nothing is impossible to the man who will

I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.

Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.

I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.

Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.

None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans.

I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of this creature for their welcoming publicity shots, implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.

Satan always sends error into the world in pairs that are opposites. His great hope is that you will get so upset about one of his errors, that you'll react into the opposite one, and he's got you.

I thought that the chief thing to be done in order to equal boys was to be learned and courageous. So I decided to study Greek and learn to manage a horse.

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation.

Most people who are writers go through periods when they can't write.

I'd advise all aspiring game designers not to aim for money when developing a game, because unfortunately it is very rare for game designers to be able to earn a living by developing analog games.

It isn't a secret that my heart is damaged. All the treatments and medications haven't been effective.

A kindness spontaneously offered to him who needs it, is doubly gratifying.

I think many people have an illusion of success based on entering in at a level that's higher than their experiences.