“What a strange creature is a laughing fool,As if a man were created to no useBut only to show his teeth.”

“O that I were a man, or that I had powerTo execute my apprehended wishes!I would whip some with scorpions.”

“Princes give rewards with their own hands,But death or punishment by the hands of other.”

“Take it for words. O womans poor revenge,Which dwells but in the tongue!”

“Through darkness diamonds spread their richest light.”

“Oft gay and honoured robes those tortures try: We think caged birds sing, when indeed they cry.”

“Statistically speaking, there is a 65 percent chance that the love of your life is having an affair. Be very suspicious.”

“Her only thought was of getting away, as if she were carrying a live grenade from inside the house, so that when it exploded, it would destroy just herself.”

“It is better to seek the pain of heaven than the pleasure of hell.”

“I am quite sure I am more afraid of people who are themselves terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.”

“If the devil is sending you thoughts of fear, resist him, stop the thoughts”

“Perhaps living in fear can drive all devils out of a person.”

“Every evil starts with 15 volts.”

“My feeling about work is that it's an unnecessary evil, so I've always done my best to avoid it.”

“Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.”