Liberty is given by nature even to mute animals.

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.

Faith in God is the only force there is.

Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying

What we want is never simple.

Living on Earth has always been a dangerous way to spend your time.

One must let the play happen to one; one must let the mind loose to respond as it will, to receive impressions, to sense rather than know, to gather rather than immediately understand.

The thing I fear comes upon me

I got ex's all across the country and I owe everybody in town. I got bill collectors a callin' me up, and lawyers trying to track me down.

Everyone with an iPhone is a journalist in their own way now, especially because we live in a tabloid culture.

All things that speak of heaven speak of peace.

It is not freedom from conditions, but it is freedom to take a stand toward the conditions.