When men receive favours from someone they expected to do them ill, they are under a greater obligation to their benefactor.

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.

It’s funny. From up here, the destruction seems to fade. Almost as if like people, in time, even the world can heal itself.

What you must understand about me is that I’m a deeply unhappy person.

Let the freedom to fail give you the hope to fight.

I've had the best of the years, and I don't want a single year back.

I enjoy doing new tunes. It gives me a little bit to perk up, to pay a little bit more attention.

God's ways and His will come in His own perfect time.

I will always write myself a part. It will never be number one or two on the call sheet, but it will be number five through ten. That way they won't kick you off after you sell it.

A thirst for gold, The beggar's vice, which can but overwhelm The meanest hearts.

Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.

My grandmother said it very simply: "If you don't like dogs, you don't like humans, and vice versa." I really believe that.