Deliberando saepe perit occasio [The opportunity often slips away while we deliberate on it].

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.

At this rate, we'll never get to the future.

There's peace in understanding that I have only one life, here and now, and I'm responsible.

He changed sunset into sunrise.

A hexagonal piece of cheese is a lot better than a square piece of cheese.

My marriage had its ups and downs like anyone's, but when it came down to it, I knew it was solid. I miss that sort of security, and that sort of connection with someone.

Life, it is not simple like a garden, where flowers are always flowers and weeds are always weeds.

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

Let's discipline ourselves so that our words are few and full.

For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.