An angry lover tells himself many lies.

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.

All things old become new again. In my youth the athletes had crew cuts and the hippies had long hair. Now the athletes have long hair and the hippies are bald.

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it.

That's how people live in the real world: forcing stuff on each other.

I've been a story-teller all my life but I realized it only recently.

Do not pity the dead, Harry.

NVC is interested in learning that is motivated by reverence for life, by a desire to learn skills, to contribute better to our own well-being and the well-being of others.

I'm not going to say anything because nobody believes me when I do.

We are all bathed in the same light.

...the number one reason knitters knit is because they are so smart that they need knitting to make boring things interesting.

Idleness is a mother. She has a son, robbery, and a daughter, hunger.