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

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.

Never promise more than you can perform.

I often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Wait, seriously, what's a piss pot?

It is well when judging a friend to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior impartiality.

The atheist . . . destroys the chimeras which afflict the human race, and so leads men back to nature, to experience and to reason.

I'm a lapsed Catholic in the best sense of the word.

Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself.

Sweat cleanses from the inside. It comes from places a shower will never reach.

No one who has had "Taps" played for them has ever been able to hear it.

Every single person in my life and every relationship I have is distant because all I do is music.

I suppose it is one time when you can really use your name to raise money. And if I am going to use it for anything, what more of a better opportunity (than) to use it here.

I think that life force is invaluable.