There is no fortune so good that you can find nothing in it to complain of.

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 most incredible thing about being a parent is seeing your own personality come out in your children.

Your birth is existence breathing out. Your life is the conversation with a message. Your death is existence breathing in.

God knows exactly where we are and precisely where He wants us and He takes an active role in getting us there.

Hope is desire and expectation rolled into one.

Father told me that if I ever met a lady in a dress like yours, I must look her straight in the eyes.

Men are never brave, are they?

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

The tragedy of my job [journalist] is that I rarely get to go where I want to go. I have to go where the job takes me.

None of us can know what tomorrow will hold, because each day has its good and its bad moments.

I have heard people say that they drink to forget their sorrows but the more I drink the more sorrows I collect