Words and deeds are far from being one. Much that is talked about is left undone.

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue.

We die only once, and for such a long time.

Deference and intimacy live far apart.

We must take the good with the bad; For the good when it's good, is so very good That the bad when it's bad can't be bad!

Assassination's the fastest way.

He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.