They live ill who expect to live always.

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 lovers of the world are the ones who matter. Forget the rest. Jesus was a lover. He doesn't hate anyone.

The good thing about winning the race against time is that even though your time is diminishing you always have a product to show for it.

Life is a race against disappearing time

Humans, left to own misguided devices, scratches the Divine in the self as one would the lice, but remember to lick well all the vices.

I believe that anybody who gets married should go to a counselor for months before the wedding. I think that's going to save guys a lot of money and the ladies a lot of heartbreak.

For peace and brotherhood, I am ready to serve the Turkish state, and I believe that for this end I must remain alive.

Soho is a gritty former mercantile area that has, of course, evolved into the most bourgeois neighborhood in New York.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

We don't build a record. We're taking a picture of it. We're not building an image; we're capturing an image.

Things are solved by walking around.