Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.

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.

We had something few experience. We were joined in our strengths rather than in our weaknesses.

Many, however, gives themselves to God, but preserve still in their hearts some attachment to creatures, which prevents them from belonging entirely to God.

The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.

Love, love, love - all the wretched cant of it, masking egotism, lust, masochism, fantasy under a mythology of sentimental postures.

The most horrible thing is not a government that stages public executions, but a government that secretly disposes of its victims.

If others examined themselves attentively, as I do, they would find themselves, as I do, full of inanity and nonsense. Get rid of it I cannot without getting rid of myself.

Christians are my brothers, Hindus are my brothers, all of them are my brothers. We just think different and believe different.

When you really want something to happen, the whole universe conspires so that your wish comes true.

The threat of taking something away makes us appreciate it more.

We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first use of the word.]