The losing side is full of suspicion.

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.

The thought of all that happiness was hard to bear. What's the point of happiness when all it does is throw the facts of dying into clear relief?

Nothing hurts a good soul and a kind heart more than to live amongst people who cannot understand it.

There are no other choices for you, Prince Jalan, and when there are no choices all men are equally brave.

When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point.

Both love and democracy depend on voice -- having a voice and also the resonance that makes it possible to speak and be heard.

The first job of the president of the United States is to protect your safety and your security and the security and safety of your family.

You have to [go outside your comfort zone]. Andy Warhol said 'say yes to everything'.

I can't predict what songs will do to the collective consciousness.

What you can do is embrace what you have right now and to allow it to fill the vacancies of what you didn't get yesterday.

Gradually the healing took place, seeming as it always does that it wasn't taking place.