We mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all.

There is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder.

It is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.

Without TV, it's hard to know when one day ends and another begins.

Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.

What is this word that broke through the fence of your teeth, Atreides?

Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.