For titles do not reflect honor on men, but rather men on their titles.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

Sometimes you need to lose everything to find what is valuable.

Generally speaking, the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.

Gambles are the most fun because it's part of being an actor or being a creative person. It's risky only in the vulnerable sense. And then outside of that, no one gets too hurt by it.

I have imagination, and nothing that is real is alien to me.

...the devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us. So don't expect the end of the world to come one day out of the blue - it's been happening every day for a long time.

I am basically very private, and I'm really nervous about doing publicity.

... every entity loses perfection as long as it is not fulfilling its purpose.

This young man is an exceptionally gifted and talented violinist ... He is a first class talent.

The world has always been betrayed by decent men with bad ideals.

Don't jack off a cactus, you'll only hurt your hand and the cactus' feelings