It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it.

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.

In life, if your song is wrong, find another song.

You can believe that you are a good and caring person, but if you don't treat others with goodness and care, where is the proof?

Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time.

June [Hillary] is a very strong influence in my life and particularly now in my ancient years there is no doubt at all: if there's a decision to be made, quite often June is the one who makes it.

I would like my pictures to look as if a human being had passed between them, like a snail, leaving a trail of the human presence and memory trace of past events, as the snail leaves its slime.

I have made sense of my life by developing an ability to analyze Mainstream American Cultural Artifacts.

When the camera comes on, I am not Hayden any more, I am Lizzie!

I'm 37 years old and don't have a steady paycheck.

The Bookshop has a thousand books, All colors, hues, and tinges, And every cover is a door That turns on magic hinges.

Money you haven't earned is not good for you.