The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.

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've learned to let my characters speak and act the way they want to! I've tried to interfere but they just get angry at me and throw big rocks.

Truth stands out little in a field of truths. However, it is a ravaging lion, in a field of lies.

In the perfect state the good man is absolutely the same as the good citizen; whereas in other states the good citizen is only good relatively to his own form of government.

The walls of isolation are not as solid as your suffering makes them seem.

We see that every external motion, act, gesture, whether voluntary or mechanical, organic or mental, is produced and preceded by internal feeling or emotion, will or volition, and thought or mind.

With hidden powers of unknown extent apparently at his disposal, Curwen was not a man who could safely be warned to leave town.

A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste.

If the thing loved is base, the lover becomes base.

I've got to see my movie to see how I'm acting, see what little things I can learn about my craft.

In the Gita continuous concentration on God is the king of sacrifices.