Cruelty isn't softened by tears; it feeds on them.

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 futility of action does not absolve one from the failure to act. -

Talk and tea is his specialty," said Giles. "He has about five cups of tea a day. But he works splendidly when we are looking.

The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.

Let the children use it, let the children lose it, let all the children boogie.

When faced with the vicissitudes of life, one's mind remains unshaken, sorrow-less, stainless, secure; this is the greatest welfare

I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.

It sounds extraordinary, but it's a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

Without the burden of afflictions it is impossible to reach the height of Grace. The gift of Grace increases as the struggle increases.

The first twenty years of my life were wasted. I didn't fit my environment, and I didn't know any other.

It's good filmmaking when you don't have to say anything and you can still tell the story.