Be slow in considering, but resolute in action.

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.

Hear much; speak little.

The majority is wicked.

What is man's greatest bane? His brother man alone.

Monarch, thou wishest to cover thyself with glory; be the first to submit to the laws of thy empire.

It becomes not a law-maker to be a law-breaker.

He who will lose a present good for one in expectation hath some wit, but a small store of wisdom.

Some, by admiring other men's virtues, become enemies to their own vices.

What is interesting about you today, would not create new memory tomorrow braze up and create that envisage memory that is glaring you within.

If you don't have the support and love and caring and connection that you get from a family, you don't have much at all.

I truly believe in positive synergy, that your positive mindset gives you a more hopeful outlook, and belief that you can do something great means you will do something great.

I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.

No more soul-destroying doctrine could well be devised than the doctrine that sinners can regenerate themselves, and repent and believe just when they please.

I definitely have a gift for language that is rhythmic and attractive to the ear, and I have interesting [verbal] imagery which I guess is a poetic touch.

The Congress of Vienna does not walk, but it dances.

Growing old is not all sweetness and light. Old women especially are invisible.

I am a total loser, in every aspect of my life. I rarely go out. I have a great family and we spend all our time together. I work hard and play hard with them.

Encourage me, and I will not forget you.