Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes but few have the gift of penetration.

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

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.

Hope can be the strongest if you believe it to be.

I am the Merlin, bane of the Vale, terror of the four lands. I am chaos and shadows, the last of my people.

I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing.

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

The central event of the twentieth century is the overthrow of matter. ...The powers of the mind are everywhere ascendant over the brute force of things.

A woman beautiful facially can negate all her beauty by no longer being feminine.

All I did was write it down, one word after the other, beginning and ending with the same one, Bombay.

People don't like change when it comes to changing their own lifestyle habits.

Christians often threaten atheists with eternal torture. But if we say that they're delusional, they will tell us that we're being rude.

People are still grasping for the miracle, and unfortunately, there are no miracles, if you do not exercise for a year, and let your body remain dormant, then you will gain weight.