Men are more apt to be mistaken in their generalizations than in their particular observations.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

A small crack in a wall, the wall might fall. A small crack in a relationship, several walls get created.

Grief is like a journey one must take on a winding mountainside, often seeing the same scenery many times, a road which eventually leads to somewhere we've never been before.

If you are single and don't want to be. The only regret is staying that way.

In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.

Your current situations or problems have been sent to you to teach you valuable lessons for success and happiness. What are they?

Personally, I don't like watching violence. I'd much rather see more skin.

If you have the expectation that I have to be a certain way, then I feel the obligation to be that way. The truth is I am not what you want me to be.

I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.

I don't require movies to be about good people, and I don't reject screen violence.

I would have been able to free a thousand more slaves if I could only have convinced them that they were slaves.