Without an opportunity, their abilities would have been wasted, and without their abilities, the opportunity would have arisen in vain.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

But the second she opened her eyes and looked at me, I knew. She was either going to be the death of me . . . or she was going to be the one who finally brought me back to life.

ELVIS & MARILYN:The deader they get -the more money they make.

I'll just take amusement at being a paradox.

I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.

It would be very easy for us to do a collection that everybody would like and not criticize. But criticism is a part of life. You have to take it.

On a cold and gray Chicago morning another little baby child is born in the ghetto, and his Mama cries.

Modeling gave me a strong discipline of professionalism where you work very long hours.

I grew up at the beach and I was always involved in beach clean-ups and caring for my environment.

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a six four impala!

The wise learn from the mistakes of others, it's the fool that wants to make their own mistakes.