First, all means to conciliate; failing that, all means to crush.

Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

Reason must be the universal rule and guide; all things must be done according to reason without allowing oneself to be swayed by emotion.

Had Luther and Calvin been confined before they had begun to dogmatize, the states would have been spared many troubles.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire.

If God forbade drinking, would He have made wine so good?

Nothing so upholds the laws as the punishment of persons whose rank is as great as their crime.

Give me six lines written by the most honorable person alive, and I shall find enough in them to condemn them to the gallows.

Deception is the knowledge of kings.

Never write a letter and never destroy one.

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.

If you are not afraid of the dark, the darkness will start being afraid of you!

When I was 15, I decided I wanted to be a lawyer. No one thought this was a good idea

Youth is not wasted on the young, it is perpetrated on the young.

If we're a family and your brother wishes you death, it's not a very happy family.

I agree that two times two makes four is an excellent thing; but if we are dispensing praise, then two times two makes five is sometimes a most charming little thing as well.

There are three indispensable requirements for a missionary: 1. Patience 2. Patience 3. Patience.

Experience teaches, it is true; but she never teaches in time.

If you want something to work, if it means that much to you; KEEP IT TO YOURSELF

It seems to me that actual democracy is where all of us get to participate and it's not just a sort of a blunt little dry hump in a ballot box, but an actual penetrative process.

For aspiring actors out there, I would say stay focused and don't let anyone pull you away from your goals. Shoot for the stars so that if you ever fall short you can land on the clouds.