He can best avoid a snare who knows how to set one.

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 sinner runs when no one is pursuing himMeaning: one’s guilt will always haunt or live with him

Ritual may be vital to reaction, but it is also the life blood of revolution.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as does a distinguished success.

Idleness, indifference and irresponsibility are healthy responses to absurd work.

Actors never discuss future plans.

For me a watch is a really beautiful instrument. I don't so much care what time it is but I do love watches, and I love how they're constructed.

I eat merely to put food out of my mind.

Alas, in 1929 came the Stock Market crash and everything changed and became worrisome. People started practicing conservatism because of financial losses, myself included.