Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

Never write a letter and never destroy one.

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.

Nobody ever goes before their time.

If you wish to be happy, listen to your heart.

Life is a learning experience and this is a very peaceful method of accepting the reality you face…”What will I learn?

Freedom, inefficiency, and prosperity are not in it frequently found together, and it is seldom easy to distinguish between the first two.

Let God be true but every man a liar" is the language of true faith

Our ideas, like orange-plants, spread out in proportion to the size of the box which imprisons the roots.

I'm impatient. Typically people think they know all about change and don't need help. Their approach tends to be more management-oriented than leadership-oriented. It's very frustrating.

Inaction, contrary to its reputation for being a refuge, is neither safe nor comfortable.

Irony: Don't let yourself be controlled by it, especially during uncreative moments.

I'm extremely blessed to have the extraordinary mother that I have, and I don't mean Diana Ross, I mean the mother. My mom paved a road that didn't exist, as did Oprah.