"Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself."

"He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them"

"If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence."

"A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step."

"When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder."

"The more laws are enacted and taxes assessed, the greater the number of lawbreakers and tax evaders"

"Never say 'no' to "adventures". Always say 'yes,' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life."

"You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face"

"I am a poet in deeds--not often in words."

"People are islands,' she said. 'They don't really touch. However close they are, they're really quite separate. Even if they've been married for fifty years."

"Mr Bond, they have a saying in Chicago: 'Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action'."

"Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles."

"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success"

"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action"

"A woman can put up with almost anything; anything but indifference."

"Never say 'no' to adventures."

"The wise man does not lay his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own."

"Advise the ruler to govern the state as one cooks a small fish - that is, don't turn it so often in the pan that it disintegrates"

"Tao invariably takes no action, and yet there is nothing left undone."

"By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever"

"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."

"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage."

"To lead people, walk beside them... As for the best leaders, the people do not notice their existence. The next best, the people honor and praise. The next, the people fear; and the next, the people hate... When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves!'"

"The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms"

"The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them."

"Mine’s Bond – James Bond."

"Bond reflected that good Americans were fine people and that most of them seemed to come from Texas."

"It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world."

"Unfortunately most ways of making big money take a long time. By the time one has made the money one is too old to enjoy it."

"The World Is Not Enough"

"Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket."

"Loneliness becomes a lover, solitude a darling sin."

"It’s just that I’d rather die of drink than of thirst."

"History is moving pretty quickly these days, and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts."

"Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other."

"All women love semi-rape. They love to be taken.It was his sweet brutality against my bruised body that made his act of love so piercingly wonderful."

"Hope makes a good breakfast. Eat plenty of it."

"The bitch is dead now."

"Like all harsh, cold men, he was easily tipped over into sentiment."

"Love of life is born of the awareness of death, of the dread of it."

"The gain to the winner is always less than the loss to the loser."

"Before a man's forty, girls cost nothing. After that you have to pay money, or tell a story. Of the two, it's the story that hurts most. Anyway I'm not forty yet."

"...Goldfinger could not have known that high tension was Bond's natural way of life and that pressure and danger relaxed him."

"Prohibition is the trigger of crime."

"They want us dead,' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive."

"And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger."

"He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success."

"It reads better than it lives"

"Worry is a dividend paid to disaster before it is due."