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.

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

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.

...you can use words if you wish, but I'm warning you - I've learned how to read your heart ...

In America, the distance between wanting something and having it delivered to your living room is not terribly great.

Far too many young people coming of age today have no spiritual or emotional roots. They have been deprived of values by an agnostic and contemporary culture.

Whether it be personal or musical, I just think Im a walking art piece, just a ball of creativity.

We need more money for schools. We need more money for the kids. Ever think maybe the damn kids aren't worth it?

You can't always be pushing people away. Someday nobody'll come back.

Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide.

You're judging her by her literacy," Tara says. "You're a literacist." "You've made that up.

It's easy to be beautiful - just be born that way.

Only one thing matters: live a good, happy life. Do your heart's bidding, even when it leads you on paths that timid souls would avoid. Even when life is a torment, don't let it harden you.