Who are the rabble and who are the ruled?
Kindness is the beginning of cruelty.
Life is a mask through which the universe expresses itself.
One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.
It was mostly sweet," he whispered, "and you were the sweetest of all.
A human being can stand any amount of pain.