Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

Knowledge makes us stronger, but power is not supersede by it (knowledge). Vulnerable is power without knowledge. Impracticable is knowledge without power.

What is excellent is of praise worthy.

I prefer to work with grey characters rather than black and white.

Want is an empty void - your real value is full and abundant.

To me acting originally became an extension of game playing.

It's nice to work with people who know and trust you.

Facts are facts! And if they're impossible, they're still facts!

Each mans spills the drink he loves.

Little Lamb, who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?

Novels set in imaginary futures are necessarily about the moment in which they are written.