Restrain thy mind, and let mildness ever attend thy tongue.

Fairly examined, truly understood, No man is wholly bad, nor wholly good.

Boy, you're like a horse. Just now sated with seed, You've come back to my stable, Yearning for a good rider, fine meadow, An icy spring, shady groves.

Not to be born at all would be the best thing for man.

He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.

The greatest treasure you can leave your children is a sense of modesty and the advice to follow virtuous persons.

Even to a wicked man a divinity gives wealth, Cyrnus, but to few men comes the gift of excellence.

Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.

Bright youth passes swiftly as a thought.

Ploutos , no wonder mortals worship you: You are so tolerant of their sins !

One finds many companions for food and drink, but in a serious business a man's companions are very few.

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.

O conscience, upright and stainless, how bitter a sting to thee is a little fault!

Seeming devotion does but gild a knave, That's neither faithful, honest, just, nor brave; But where religion does with virtue join, It makes a hero like an angel shine.

Music is my living. I enjoy selling my music.

Having things organized is for small-minded people. Genius controls chaos.

Remember, a person who wins success may have been counted out many times before. He wins because he refuses to give up.

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny.

The Americans sowed the seed, and now they have reaped the whirlwind

I am rather more apt to read old books than new ones.