All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.

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.

Do no harm and leave the world a better place than you found it.

Erik, Erik! I saved your life! Remember? You were scentenced to death! But for me you would be dead by now.

Modern Christians should not mistake our post-Victorian sense of propriety for moral purity.

I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.

When the soul has left the body, it belongs to death. And it cannot be taken back without a price.

The world began without man, and it will complete itself without him.

This book, when I am dead, will be A little faint perfume of me. People who knew me well will say, She really used to think that way.

I would put primary emphasis on a good standard of living equitably distributed. It can't be equal, but one that eliminates the terrible cruelty of poverty.

Art is not made for anybody and is, at the same time, for everybody.