It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.

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.

It is better to have no emotion when it is work. Do what needs to be done and do it coolly.

In life, as in Chess, ones own Pawns block ones way. A mans very wealth, ease, leisure, children, books, which should help him to win, more often checkmate him

The dirtiest mind in the world is the mind of a censor.

There’s no competitive advantage in being just like everyone else.

I used to go to the supermarket dressed as Peter Pan when I was about five years old.

My mind no longer has romantic abysses, but has become shallow, with many little gaps and cracks.

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

Making money isn't a bad thing at all - it allows for a lot more freedom.

For man also, in health and sickness, is not just the sum of his organs, but is indeed a human organism.

Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom rewarded.