None make a greater show of sorrow than those who are most delighted.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

Prior Planning Produces Positive Performance

Great faith must have great trials.

Every person with whom you interact is a part of the person you are becoming. Not a single interaction with a single person is left out of the process of your becoming.

Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy.

The imagination is a place all by itself. A separate country. Now, you've heard of the French nation, the British nation. Well, this is the Imagi-nation. It's a wonderful place.

Nothing could be more natural to me than writing music.

We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.

We can always choose to perceive things differently. You can focus on what's wrong in your life, or you can focus on what's right.

No problem is more crucial for a naturalistic view of the world than the mind-body problem.

As W.C. Fields once said: a thing worth having is a thing worth cheating for.