My position at the Palace is our one opportunity. Have confidence in my destiny. Do not weep.

The moon in all her immaculate purity hung in the sky, laughing at this world of dust. She congratulated me for my carefully considered maneuvers and invited me to share in her eternal solitude.

I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.

Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death.

A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty.

Men’s strengths go hand in hand with their weaknesses. That is why there is no such thing as an invincible warrior, and why heroes die.

Success needs vision to see, passion to transcend, patience to withstand and the character to overcome failures.

It is through the tongue, the pen, and the press that truth is principally propagated.

Obedience to God's will is the secret of spiritual knowledge and insight. It is not willingness to know, but willingness to DO (obey) God's will that brings certainty.

The jokes were perfect! Then George Carlin started talking about the seven dirty words you can't say on television, then it evolved into social commentary.

I am simply a book drunkard.

The work is the most fun; it seems illicit how much fun it is.

My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father sing).

Sorrow burns up a great amount of shallowness.

Perception is reality. If you are perceived to be something, you might as well be it because that's the truth in people's minds.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.