It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

People stay together and stay true only as long as they both want to. And all the promises in the world don’t change the length of time. Nothing comes with a guarantee.

You've got to audition! It's tough out there, no matter how well-known you are.

Everything God does is purposeful. And since God is in each of us, each of us has a purpose.

Blot out, correct, insert, refine, enlarge, diminish, interline. Be mindful, when invention fails. To scratch your head and bite your nails.

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.

Whatever makes us feel superior to other people, whatever tempts us to convey a sense of superiority, that is the gravity of our sinful nature, not grace.

You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.

I do a lot of CG stuff for fun.

And is it selfish of me to crave victory, or is it brave?