Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.

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.

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider's web.

It is a grand thing to rise in the world. The ambition to do so is the very salt of the earth. It is the parent of all enterprise, and the cause of all improvement.

Writing songs always trumps whatever else was on the schedule, it really is the most important and can be so fickle, you have to grab it when it's there.

Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.

Then how about we start with a shower," he said in the kind of deep voice that made her consider the value of cleanliness.

I grew up in the country surrounded by music.

Medicine rests upon four pillars - philosophy, astronomy, alchemy, and ethics.

When you look into the abyss, it’s not supposed to wave back.

You do not move ahead by constantly looking in a rear view mirror. The past is a rudder to guide you, not an anchor to drag you. We must learn from the past but not live in the past.

We're a part of nature. As we destroy nature, we destroy ourselves. It's a selfish thing to want to protect nature.