He bids fair to grow wise who has discovered that he is not so.

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.

Hard times are a-coming, and people without useful, practical skills are going to suffer. Or suffer most.

In front of an audience of Protestant clergy, the Catholic JFK "was drawing strength from his vulnerability.

How very kind of her, ' I said. 'I must remember to send her a card.'I'd send her a card alright. It would be the Ace of Spades, and I'd mail it anonymously from somewhere other than Bishop's Lacey.

If I were to live my life over again, I would be an American. I would steep myself in America, I would know no other land.

Science has made unrestricted national sovereignty incompatible with human survival. The only possibilities are now world government or death.

Each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging, and honoring this purpose is perhaps the most important action successful people take.

Pooper scooper? Yeah, I've done it a few times. Every once in a while, you have to.

It's a good thing to have all the props pulled out from under us occasionally. It gives us some sense of what is rock under our feet, and what is sand.

Lets just say I was really bad. Now I have grown into myself. I have changed.

I guess I am a feminist of sorts. I love women so much, and I celebrate the feminine in me because I appreciate it so much.