Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

In a major matter no details are small.

Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.

Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue.

It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends.

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable.

Great men help dazzle the people; after that, they dazzle themselves even more dangerously.

In your sky, you are the brightest star.Without you light, it’s dark like tar.So love yourself to enlighten others.

Sorry! But I'm not a game played when ever you want to play it!

There was no sign of her daughter, no sign of a small body crumpled by the railway.

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.

Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon. Do you need my finger to see the moon?

I haven't got the yacht any more. The cost of running it was crazy. But it was so much fun while I had it. I don't regret it.

Father died last year. I don't subscribe to the theory by which we only become truly adult when our parents die; we never become truly adult.

I fail to see what difference it makes whether it be supernatural or not--so long as it is malefic, possesses great powers and life span and has the ability to change its shape at will.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

I will not resign because my resignation will not resolve anything.