Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

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.

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 often regret that I have spoken; never that I have been silent.

Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.

Home is the place where when you have to go there They have to take you in.

Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.

My working and personal relationship with President Obama is marked by growing trust. I appreciate this.

Capitalism has survived communism. Now, it eats away at itself.

Hungry bellies have no ears. [Fr., La ventre affame n'point d'oreilles.]

Order generally was a product of human activity. Chaos existed as a raw material from which to create order.

Honest and courageous people have very little to say about either their courage or their honesty. The sun has no need to boast of his brightness, nor the moon of her effulgence.

My books have come many years apart and each one seems to reflect a period of experience. Ending the book is like putting a period on a certain movement. Interior and external - both.

There is no consensus, there is no homogeneity, there is no truth.