Rumor is not always wrong

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.

How terrible to be a god of change and endure grief unending.

Religion is insanity by consensus.

Giant letters march across the dome of the sky: HOME NOT FOUND. Huw, who knows Comic Sans when she sees it, winces in mild disgust.

Being a writer in Hollywood is like going to Hitler's Eagle Nest with a great idea for a bar mitzvah.

If you can, always be appreciative of the ebb and flow of the losses and the wins.

I know what I wish Ralph Nader would investigate next. Marriage. It's not safe, it's not safe at all.

Fools lie, clever men stick to the truth.

Of course, success is a relative term. It can be something completely different from winning the German championship eight times or making millions.

A controlled carbohydrate lifestyle really prevents risk factors for heart disease.

They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.