They have not any difficulties on the way up because they fly, but they have many when they reach the summit.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

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

I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.

Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine...We work in the Dark, to serve the Light.

It is the duty of a man of honor to teach others the good which he has not been able to do himself because of the malignity of the times, that this good finally can be done by another more loved in heaven.