"One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of courage to reach the unreachable stars and the world will be better for this."

"Truth may be stretched, but cannot be broken, and always gets above falsehood, as does oil above water."

"Blessings on him who invented sleep, the cloak that covers all human thoughts, the food that satisfies hunger, the drink that quenches thirst, the fire that warms cold, the cold that moderates heat, and, lastly, the common currency that buys all things, the balance and weight that equalizes the shepherd and the king, the simpleton and the sage."

"Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other."

"God is each truly and exalted thing, therefore the individual himself to the highest degree. But are not nature and the world individuals?"

"My wife is my soul mate. I can't imagine being without her."

"Mirth is the sweet wine of human life. It should be offered sparkling with zestful life unto God."

"There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion."