It is of no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.

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.

I can only run as fast as the rate of my breath.

Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

(It’s) a fair exchange. You’re giving me attention. That’s a form of affection, you know.

In embracing change entrepreneurs ensure social and economic stability.

Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.

I think when people watch a lot of artists, they're expecting this showiness, and I'm cracking jokes with people. I'm heckling back. I'm interacting.

These differences, they say, are three: shape, arrangement, and position; because they hold that what is differs only in contour, inter-contact, inclination.

If you haven't surprised yourself, you haven't written.

Steady work turns genius to a loom.

As an accountant by trade, my work for blue chip companies took me all over the world.