A great lover is someone who can satisfy one woman her entire life and be satisfied with one woman his entire life. - Ricardo Montalban
He who causes another to become poweful ruins himself, for he brings such a power into being either by design or by force, and both of these elements are suspect to the one whom he has made powerful. -Machiavelli
It is truly a natural and ordinary thing to desire gain; and when those who can succeed attempt it, they will always be praised and not blamed. But if they cannot succeed, yet try anyway, they are guilty of error and are blameworthy. -Machiavelli