It is a pitiful fortune that is not without enemies.

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.

Emotions are not problems to be solved. They are signals to be interpreted.

People believed what made them comfortable. What fit with their preconceptions of how the world worked.

Were there no women, men might live like gods.

Train the right way. Help each other. It's a form of socialism without the politics.

Who would you be if you didn't believe this lie?

I don't love you. But I see the value of you, the incredible worth of you, more than anyone I've ever known.

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails.

I want to make timeless movies.

I don't see how you can create and not have the feeling that it is the most important, all-consuming thing.

Great is not great to the greater.