It is a very hard undertaking to seek to please everybody.

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.

Learn not from imitating but from emulating.

May you find grace to do what needs to be done.

The purpose of computation is insight, not numbers.

The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

It would be the most crucial day of the entire war.

Giving should be a part of your routine, just like working out, eating, and sleeping.

To be honest, I wrote so many drafts of this book [ The Nightingale ] and changed the characters so many times; the real surprise is that I finished the book at all.

You can be six behind on the back nine and still win the tournament.

I want to feel good, I want to feel proud, I want to feel that I give someone enough and that I get enough.

Synergy means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts.