We must master our good fortune or it will master us.

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.

I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.

The beauty of dystopia is that it lets us vicariously experience future worlds - but we still have the power to change our own.

After you have exhausted what there is in business, politics, conviviality, and so on - have found that none of these finally satisfy, or permanently wear - what remains? Nature remains.

American acculturation is a very powerful form of brainwashing. I know more about it now, but it's very difficult to move away from a world that you've been told was the greatest country on earth.

Here's to the drunken Marine With beer in his canteen! You've heard of the Unknown Soldier But, never an unknown Marine!

The sunset you see is always better than the one you don’t. More stars are always better than less.

For souls in growth, great quarrels are great emancipations.

I'll be reading books until the next challenger arrives. That will calm my nerves, so that I may deal with all situations without panicking.

I've imagined great victories, and I've imagined great races. The races are better.

The vegetarian movement is an ancient movement and is not quite a modern one.