Pardon others often, thyself never.

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.

My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there.

A woman will endure many wounds in her lifetime, but the betrayal of a friend is one of the most difficult to overcome.

Novelty has a way of intensifying memory. The less often you do something, the deeper the memory burrows in.

I understand you undertake to overthrow my undertaking.

I think all my pictures are ideas, and they're ideas made into images.

St. Peter, on my judgment day, will not ask me about the B-2 or my defense votes. He will ask me about my vote to protect innocent human life.

Think inside the work - outside the work

Modesty is of no use to a beggar.

Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.

How many years will you crawl through this castle, so satisfied and still wanting more?