Never promise more than you can perform.

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.

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

There was a marvelous, dark lyricism in his voice, the kind of defiance that is rooted in deep loneliness.

Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totalitarianism…There's no moral equivalency between propaganda and the truth.

I want to express myself to feel that what I feel is real. My joy, my pain, my anger.

Jealousy is always born with love, but does not die with it. In jealousy there is more of self-love than of love to another.

Everything adds up to a major crisis. Humanity is faced with a global energy crisis ... The core of the crisis lies in the increasing shortage of oil.

The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind.

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

With total discipline we can solve all problems.

Knowledge is power...knowled ge is safety...knowle dge is happiness.

The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.