The graceful ivy, clasping the oak that supported it, would form a whole in which strength and beauty would be equally conspicuous.

I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.

Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?

The beginning is always today.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Women do not want power over men, they want power over themselves.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus

Be like the sun who fell in love with the moon and shared all his light.

Nothing is ever enough.

I think I have a repressed bent for the military, I like discipline without question, specific schedules and duties.

I.. Uh...What are you having?... Did you make some of those up

Teachers today can't take to a child.

When you sign with a major label there is no guarantee that they are going to release it either unless you have a guarantee clause or a marketing clause.

Just because I’m resisting the wine doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the bouquet.

The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it - The Territory is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.