Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems.

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

Insanity in individuals is rare - but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs, it is the rule.

It is a good rule in life never to apologize. The right sort of people do not want apologies, and the wrong sort take a mean advantage of them.

Life is like music, it must be composed by ear, feeling and instinct, not by rule.

Make it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

The first rule is to keep an untroubled spirit. The second is to look things in the face and know them for what they are.

There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity

To be a princess is to play at life. To be a queen is to be a serious player...The purpose of life as a woman is to ascend to the throne and rule with heart.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have great respect for the semi-colon; it's a useful little chap.

You have to make the rules, not follow them.