Observation, not old age, brings wisdom.

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 the touch of a lover's arms that I so desperately crave, not the memories of a love no longer mine.

Anxiety, and the physical symptoms it causes, is merely fog along the path of independence and discovery.

Florrie smiles with unmoderated joy, because she can't see that most people bank their happiness like it's something you might run out of

The best way to overcome fear is to start doing what you are afraid of.

Winston [Churchill] has devoted the best years of his life to preparing his impromptu speeches.

Whenever, at a party, I have been in the mood to study fools, I have always looked for a great beauty: they always gather round her like flies around a fruit stall.

When you are known, what you are is activated.

I think if you're too concerned with being cool or hip or liked, you can't really make good TV because sincerity and coolness are opposites.

There's something about guitars, they're just so big, you know what I mean? You're just like, 'Ugh!' It just seems so overwhelming. And the ukulele is, like, the opposite of overwhelming.