You must endure, and not cry out against that which cannot be avoided.

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.

Love and Divinity are both gifts from Nature, fraught with the highest bliss.

Tremendous beauty and tremendous ugliness puts you on the outside of things.

The sea is as near as we come to another world.

Friendship is a contract in which we render small services in expectation of big ones.

I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.

The most powerful leadership tool you have is your personal example.

God is the God of the impossible, as well as the God of the possible.

Men ran after and ate horses for four hundred thousand years. The outcome is more than a love of horse flesh; it is a runner's body.

What happens, matters. Maybe only to us but it matters.

I liked to play dress-up.