Solitude is the mother of anxieties.

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.

I had one of those headaches. It kept pounding and got into that crazy realm where the guillotine seems like a good idea.

Death lurked everywhere. Death was alive and well.

I am convinced that grandkids are inherently evil people who tell their grandparents to "just go to the library and open up an e-mail account - it's free and so simple.

I haven't spoken to my wife in years-I didn't want to interrupt her.

Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.

When you’re the best fighter in the world today, they don’t call you a great fighter. They call you Chael Sonnen.

The American language is in a state of flux based upon survival of the unfittest.

I'm still strongly opposed to antismoking laws, strongly opposed to any law that regulates personal behavior.

We're so quick to point out our own flaws in others.

If you can live the beauty of the misty mornings, you are the king, you are the queen!