To lose a friend is the greatest of all losses.

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.

a body betrayeda heart destroyeda mind in confusionand yet a womanis capable of taking painand transforming it into triumph

Fred Ruskin barreled through the rain down Buchanan Street in his battered Pacer, the jar his dead wife had directed him to retrieve from his nephew’s coffin bouncing in the seat beside him.

There's no such word as genius, it just the combination of hard work and determination.

If you've ever been there, you've never forgotten. The feeling is as haunting and familiar as the smell of a junior high school locker room.

corporate America corrupted the watchdogs that were supposed to be guarding the public interest by feeding them under the table.

As children we believe that anything is possible, the trick is to never forget it.

Wherever the wings of love take me, that is my flare path and my way.

Self-approval is acquired mainly from the approval of other people.

Baptism is an outward expression of an inward faith.

History, history! We fools, what do we know or care.