There is nothing as likely to succeed as what the enemy believes you cannot attempt.

The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.

I desire to go to Hell and not to Heaven. In the former I shall enjoy the company of popes, kings and princes, while in the latter are only beggars, monks and apostles

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

A government which does not trust its citizens to be armed is not itself to be trusted.

Men are so stupid and concerned with their present needs, they will always let themselves be deceived.

It is just as difficult and dangerous to try to free a people that wants to remain servile as it is to enslave a people that wants to remain free.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good.

A sign of intelligence is an awareness of one's own ignorance.

Power is the pivot on which everything hinges. He who has the power is always right; the weaker is always wrong.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

I find learning to be the most valuable of all the treasures in the world. It's priceless.

Often the deep valleys of our present will be understood only by looking back on them from the mountains of our future experience.

Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.

If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

Fretting grief the enemy of life.

My past is my wisdom to use today. . . my future is my wisdom yet to experience. Be in the present because that is where life resides.

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

[Mexican people] have a culture, a culture that goes back millennia.

As an actor, I enjoy variety. That's a big thing for me.