Caligula

"A healthy mind in a diseased body still has power over fate."

"Adventure is the privilege of those young enough or foolish enough to seek it."

"All motivation springs from the desire to avoid pain or gain pleasure."

"Relationships are the mirrors in which we see our truest selves."

"Solitude is where wisdom is forged in the furnace of reflection."

"History is written by those with the power to make it stick."

"Philosophy asks questions that have no answers, yet we ask them still."

"Literature preserves the voices of those long departed from this world."

"Politics is the eternal struggle between the noble and the vile."

"War is the truest test of what a civilization actually values."

"Technology is merely another tool by which the powerful dominate the weak."

"Creativity knows no bounds except those we impose upon ourselves."

"Gratitude is rare because most people believe they deserve more than they receive."

"The strength to endure is often greater than the strength to conquer."

"A patient man is a dangerous man, for he has time to perfect his plans."

"The palace is the world, and all who dwell in it are mere players in my grand theater."

"I have discovered that the surest way to control men is to make them believe they are free."

"Wealth means nothing if you lack the will to command those who possess it."

"Let them hate me, so long as they fear me—this is the foundation of all government."

"A man who does not know how to dissemble knows not how to rule."

"The mob craves spectacle more than bread; give them entertainment and they are yours."

"I would rather be feared than loved, for love fades but fear endures."

"The greatest luxury is not gold, but the ability to do as one pleases without consequence."

"Those who smile most sweetly often harbor the sharpest daggers in their hearts."

"To be absolute in one's power is to be absolute in one's solitude."

"I learned early that compassion is the luxury of those without authority."

"The minds of men are like clay—they take the shape of whoever holds the chisel."

"Immortality through infamy is preferable to obscurity through virtue."

"The universe bends to the will of those mad enough to demand it bend."

"I am not bound by the petty morality of lesser beings."