... one would like to be both [loved and feared], but as it is difficult to combine both love and fear, if one has to choose between them it is far safer to be feared than loved

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Never attempt to win by force what can be won by deception.

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Never was anything great achieved without danger.

Whosoever desires constant success must change his conduct with the times.

The promise given was a necessity of the past: the word broken is a necessity of the present.

God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Everyone who wants to know what will happen ought to examine what has happened: everything in this world in any epoch has their replicas in antiquity.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

But I can't rewrite history. I can only live with what's left.

Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.

I didn’t study medicine to watch people die." -Kira

He's (his father Jorge Posada IV) happy for me. He remembers all of my big games. When I hit my first home run in the World Series, he was here, and he cried. It's like I'm living his dream.

One night I attended a Laughing Liberally comedy show. There was one funny comedian there - Lee Camp.

It would leave no room for developments and I intend to develop in many directions.

Most people who have grown up introverted in this very extroverted culture of ours have had painful experiences of feeling like they are out of step with what's expected of them.

Don't call for a revolution, but look at yourself honestly and create an evolution.

It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.

We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities.