Modest fame is not to be despised by the highest characters. [Lat., Modestiae fama neque summis mortalibus spernenda est.]

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.

Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.

Inside a home you left me, a blue orphanage. Inside a bluish mosaic, space to live.

Hatred is as easy as slipping on a well-worn woolen cloak. If only it provided the comfort of one.

You ask me if I have a God complex? Let me tell you something — I am God.

If you don't look for Trouble, how can you know it's there?

I´m a stranger in a strange land.

It is folly to put the plough in front of the oxen.

I'd rather take a contested shot than an open shot any day ... It's kind of boring when you take open shots

The issue I highlight in the book is welfare reform.

Then shut up or grab a sword and come help. (Takeshi) Is that a challenge? (Savitar) It would be if I didn’t know for a fact that you’re too lazy to rise to one. (Takeshi)