The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

Great things are achieved only when we take great risks.

All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn hier muss ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden.]

The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.

Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

Every man has a wild beast within him.

A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.

No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.

Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

I love women whose hidden desires make horses put an end to their lives at the threshold

You are an artist

He who chooses to be his own god will have no God to save him." ~ Dr. MaryAnn Diorio

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

Don't be sad, don't be angry, if life deceives you! Submit to your grief - your time for joy will come, believe me.

I wanted you to thank you for being my friend and letting me play a part in your story.

Sin contains its own judgement and punishment.

Star people are rare.

I discovered when we suffer, we suffer as equals. And in their capacity to suffer, a dog is a pig, is a bear...is a boy.

There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.