A good opportunity is seldom presented, and is easily lost.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Memory holds you back, Imagination pushes you forward.

I can't get her pregnant! I'm just thirteen. You have to be a man to get a girl pregnant.

It doesn't matter what party you come from. The key thing is that you work on behalf of the people rather than on behalf of the party.

Scientific Progress goes boink?

They say the oil spill has the potential to kill more wildlife than a Sarah Palin hunting trip.

Of all the arts the living of a life is perhaps the greatest; to live every moment of life with the same imaginative commitment as the poet brings to a special field.

Live in the serene peace of laboratories and libraries

Everybody grows but me.

Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy.

When you do good by the world, the world will do good by you