You must be afraid, my son. That is how one becomes an honest citizen.
What do I care for Zeus? Justice is a matter between men, and I need no god to teach me it.
To fear? If the doom I brought on my life has taught me any thing, it is that I have nothing left to fear…
I have no use for noble souls; what I need is an accomplice.
Human life begins on the far side of despair.
A good hanging now and then – that entertains folk in the provinces and robs death of its glamour…