I am master of myself as of the universe, so I am; so I wish to be.

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.

I will call bullshit on that so many times that the word bullshit will lose all meaning. -Milo

Intelligence is the ability to harness the powers of the surrounding world without destroying the said world

He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.

A man who has attained mastery of an art reveals it in his every action.

It was a palace, made entirely of gold, sitting on an island of silver snow at the very top of the world. East of the sun, and west of the moon.

I feel that the only true security I have is my capacity, however limited, to love.

I don't slam doors in people's faces, and I'm not a bigot.

She glared at him. "You're doing it again." "What?" "That thing that irritates me." "Smiling?" "Yes. That.