Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.

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.

That which never attains a state of non-principle [non-truth] is known as the principle.

[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves.

He who awaits much can expect little.

I've had some success at writing and directing, and I like it. It's infinitely more creative than just acting, and I have things I want to say and do.

I shot a vein in my neck and coughed up a quaalude.

A good organizer is key to anyone with a busy social life.

The disinterested imaginative core of mythology is what develops into literature, science, philosophy. Religion is applied mythology.

You know, my first album, some of those jokes I'd done for twelve years because I couldn't throw 'em out.

Until civil rights are enjoyed by all of us, we're simply not civilized.

There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it.