The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.

Laws are like cobwebs, which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through.

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

Vision is the art of seeing things invisible.

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

Promises and pie-crust are made to be broken.

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him.

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday

The sight of you is good for sore eyes.

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

When you wake up, your face will be dry. But that doesn’t mean you didn’t cry.

A distinctive appearance and a simple set of characteristics lead to an extremely flexible brand. (pg. 38)

I think you have to live inside your contradictions and find a way to accept that that's the human condition - to be forced to live in contradiction.

Why mundanes always insist on taking responsibility for things that aren't their fault is a mystery to me. You didn't force that cocktail down his idiotic throat." -Jace, pg.241-

I always try to use my medium, and if I get into a normal sitcom-writing contest with normal sitcom writers, I'm going to lose.

I don't like to watch golf on television because I can't stand people who whisper.

We circle in the night and we are devoured by fire.

I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

Quality tends to fan out like waves.