There is more of fear than delight in a secret pleasure.

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 volume of your impacts is measured by the direction of your movements, the passion with which you inspire and the attitudes by which you make an influence!

Was this their exact exchange? Almost certainly not. Still, it is my best memory of their exchange.

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

Lord! who hath praise enough?

Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

With how many things are we on the brink of becoming acquainted, if cowardice or carelessness did not restrain our inquiries.

The Second Amendment isn't about duck hunting or target shooting.

The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors.

Comedy and sausages are the two things that if you know how they're made they affect the appetite.

Theologians have felt no hesitation in founding a system of speculative thought on the teachings of Jesus; and yet Jesus was never an inhabitant of the realm of speculative thought.