Witta feared nothing - except to be poor.

Threatened men live long.

I have joyfully done much evil in my life to those who have wished me evil (General Maximus)

There is no gift like friendship. Remember this - when you become a young man. For your fate will turn on the first true friend you make.

I had come down here, not to serve God as a craftsman should, but to show my people how great a craftsman I was. They cared not.

What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?

Like everything else in the world, it is one man's work.

Barbarians are all alike... sit up half the night to discuss anything a Roman says.

How you see the world will define you.

No, I don't like you, I just thought you were cute enough to kiss you.

Hey, Jimmy.”“Yeah.”“You ever think about how long we’re going to live?”“No, ” he says. “Not really.”“Well, why not?”“I dunno. Guess I’m too busy livin’ it to think about it.

Nothing can succeed in stopping a man that has mastered the infinite power of the subconscious mind from reaching the territory of greatness.

Just as we expect others to value our boundaries, it's equally important for us to respect the boundaries of others.

Memories are worse than bullets.

Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie.

I am sure that as soon as speech was invented, efforts to suppress and control it began, and that process of suppression continues unabated.

It's what I do well - I write about things that make people uncomfortable. That's probably the only thing I do better than my peers.

Grant me an old man's frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall Till Truth obeyed his call.