To spare the guilty is to injure the innocent.

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.

To be a success, dream with open eyes, have faith in your defined purpose, and act with deep love.

These days people wallow in enormous masses of sound.

Everything that is incomprehensible does not, however, cease to exist.

When it gets a little hard to care, just think about Him hanging there.

I like to wear clothes that I will wear when I am an old lady.

I'm gonna see how this works out, but I think it's a bad idea.

If my songs are being listened to between any other songs, that is awesome, and I'm glad people are getting something out of them.

The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.

For Georgina Sparks, love is always a battlefield.

In the liberal imagination, the money is the government's by default, and the president and Congress determine through the tax code how much to give back to the people.