A noble spirit finds a cure for injustice in forgetting it.

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.

Education is that component which brings in a meaningful relationship between the happenings around us and how our senses experience them.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

We have a passion for keeping things simple.

But the cure for most obstacles is, Be decisive.

If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be?

Americans are getting stronger. Twenty years ago, it took two people to carry ten dollars' worth of groceries. Today, a five-year-old can do it.

As has been emphasized vigorously by foreign allies and by responsible leaders of former administrations and incumbent officeholders, there is no current danger to the United States from Baghdad.

Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not.

In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.