Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

Life is simple. You just have to stop trying to figure it out.

It is not yours to finish the task but neither are you free to take no part in it.

If people in America would get their finances together and start taking care of each other, we could put the government out of business.

Do you know what I think white people wholly own? I think freedom of speech is a white thing. This is something that white people do. I think governments, this is a white thing.

My childhood memories seem to be wreathed in the twin and far from harmonious olfactory sensations of patchouli oil and caustic soda.

Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

As for developing a writing style'I would say that I tried to copy the pacing of the old movies I loved as a kid.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

Changing my body has given me the ability to do all these amazing things that I never in a million years imagined I could do.

One man may as easily destroy, as govern: be King or Anti-King.