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.

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.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

The desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.

The more we sympathize with excellence, the more we go out of self, the more we love, the broader and deeper is our personality.

Mass ought to be in Latin, unless you could do it in Greek or Chinese. In fact, any abracadabra that no bloody member of the public or half-educated ape of a clargimint could think he understood.

When money's tight and is hard to get And your horse has also ran, When all you have is a heap of debt A PINT OF PLAIN IS YOUR ONLY MAN.

Modern marriage has lost its meaning--consequently it is being abolished.

I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!

When I made coffee and Xeroxed and distributed newspapers at ABC News, I thought my life was over.

Miranda Lambert! She not only has amazing music, but she is an awesome role model for females and rescues lots of animals!

... a good idea always attracts other good ideas.

The creature born is the creature dying.