A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

Lord, grant us rest tonight, and if we must be wakeful, cheerful.

I lend my daughter beauty products, but only as a treat. If she's going to a party, I'll let her borrow a mascara or moisturizer.

How smartly September comes in, like a racing gig, all style, no confusion.

Thought rules mankind.

death - a passage outside the range of imagination, but within the range of experience.

I do not like this word "bomb." It is not a bomb. It is a device that is exploding.

I've put everything I had and I've given my readers 120 percent, and that's the truth.

If you're successful, acting is about as soft a job as anybody could ever wish for. But if you're unsuccessful it's worse than having a skin disease.

It's a pitch you can extend your career with because it's less taxing on your body. It's like dog years, but in reverse. I feel like I'm 27 or 26 in knuckleball years!

The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist taste.