Would you be known by everybody? Then you know nobody.

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 likes me some ‘Shit Blows Up’ fiction, don’t get me wrong.

An outsider can see some things much better.

Every experience, however bitter, has its lesson, and to focus one's attention on the lesson helps one overcome the bitterness.

What you focus on grows.

I influence anybody who is able to get through the chaos of my first impression.

I was probably the first kid in my high school to go to Yale. I applied almost as a lark. Then, when I got there, I was the dumbest person in your class.

If my kid couldn't draw I'd make sure that my kitchen magnets didn't work.

No, in country money, the country scale of gain, The requisite lift of spirit has never been found.

Behind every attractive room there should be a very good reason.

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.