The property of others is always more inviting than our own; and that which we ourselves possess is most pleasing to others.

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 soldier stared at Ingrid. His silence was elastic, slowly curling a rope around her neck.

Art is a creative re-creation of an imaginative or real observation.

Attachments that are not fostered may lend to the child's inability to properly attach or have no attachment at all.

Self-esteem is the reputation we acquire with ourselves.

I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early.

There is an underlying timelessness in the basic conversation that is mathematics.

We have arguments [with my father] and we had a lot of arguments in the years when I was at Michigan.

The only time I get sick of making people laugh is when I'm in a non-writing-joke mode, and I just can't seem to come up with anything new that's funny. That's a tough place to be as a comedian.

Television will do anything for a rating... anything!

When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.