It is a good thing to learn caution by the misfortunes of others.

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.

The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body.

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.

The quickest way to rectify that mistake (choosing the wrong person) is by learning from that, moving on, and choosing much more wisely in the future.

all ignorance toboggans into know and trudges up to ignorance again.

I've had some pretty good arguments with people, but I've never regretted it. I've had people come up where it's all emotion and no fact. That's always sad.

When you worship an idol, you're substituting a thing for the ultimate.

After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

I think it’s odd how it’s mirrored my life so much.

Be humble, if thou would'st attain to wisdom. Be humbler still, when wisdom thou hast mastered.

The outward manifestations of an inner combustion are never very directed.

It makes me so much calmer when I’m responding to e-mails later.

Nearly everybody is looking for something brave to do. I don't know why people shouldn't write poetry. That's brave.