All evils are equal when they are extreme.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Be wary of smooth talkers. Words are rarely at your disposal if something is wholly, truly, completely true.

The rich and powerful always seem to prefer the tops of buildings. Hasn't anyone ever explained to them that higher just means you have farther to fall? -- Anita Blake

Emotion... a weird sense of human....strong handling make us numb....loose handling make us dumb...

The true meaning of the precepts is that one should refrain not only from drinking alcohol but also from getting drunk on nirvana.

I listened to many different types of instruments and music, and have always tried to look at the bass as an instrument as opposed to only a bass.

Love with no feelings is a waste.

People’s souls are like gardens. You can’t turn your back on someone because his garden’s full of weeds. You have to give him water and lots of sunshine.

The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

An audience sabotages my freedom, devastates my innocence, corrupts my integrity, inhibits my great joy - and of course gives me further to fall.

We are a nation of laws, not a nation that ignores laws if it benefits the Democrat Party.