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

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.

How do you get so empty? he wondered. Who takes it out of you?

I cannot be made into the commentator for the unspoken black masses.

Critics are like eunuchs; they can tell you what to do, but they can't do it themselves!

The military is already sexually integrated.

Integrity is not about the action but its purpose. Are you doing it for everyone's wellbeing or for your own benefit?

It's hard and continuous dedication that brings lasting results.

When the people of the world all know beauty as beauty, There arises the recognition of ugliness. When they all know the good as good, There arises the recognition of evil.

Love is something you cant invent, no matter how much you want to.

Where there is love, there is joy.

A problem not so well understood is the growing presence of plastics in the marine food chain. If we don't make big changes fast, the fish we do save may no longer be safe to eat.