Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

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.

The Romans brought devestation, but they called it peace.

One's character is set at an early age. The choices you make now will affect you for the rest of your life. I hate to see you swim out so far you can't swim back.

All motivation derives from the primary fact of mortality. Take mortality away and motivation loses its...motivation.

Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.

I'm working on the intricacies of details of maneuvers that he still doesn't even know the names of.

I've never heard a man in a suit tell me what to wear; that's not their forte. You hire your stylist; whatever someone's image is as an artist is what they've chosen to portray.

Examinations, sir, are pure humbug from beginning to end. If a man is a gentleman, he knows quite enough, and if he is not a gentleman, whatever he knows is bad for him.

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

Surviving is much more painful than death.

The clock tick-tocked, solemn and profound. It might have been the dry pulse of the decaying house itself, after a while it whirred and cleared its throat and struck six times.