The task of history is to hold out for reprobation every evil word and deed, and to hold out for praise every great and noble word and deed.

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.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Stay in the middle of the bell-curve of social norms and follow along, or you will find out the about freedom you never had.

All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

Science investigates religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power religion gives man wisdom which is control.

I finally know what distinguishes man from the other beasts: financial worries.

Fraud is the ready minister of injustice.

We are not to choose the manner in which our blessings shall be bestowed.

I don’t like facts, because facts get in the way of my feelings.

I was always the kid on scholarship, I was a soloist with my company, I'd been working with the symphony since I was 14.

I believe the personal is the collective. One of the ironies of writing memoir is in using the "I" it becomes an alchemical "we." This is the sorcery of literature.