A wise man will be master of his mind, a fool will be its slave.

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.

Spring has a secret to tell us: life is for beauty and life is for joy.

Memories are simply moments that refuse to be ordinary

Nationalism is not the awakening of nations to self-consciousness: it invents nations where they do not exist.

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down .

Conducting! A subject, truly, concerning which much might be written, yet scarcely anything of real importance is to be found in books.

The people who resist change will be confronted by the growing number of people who see that better ways are available; thanks to technology.

The Four Inevitabilities: 1. Musty Books. 2. Uninteresting Nature. 3. Dull Existence. 4. Blank Nirvana, buy that boy.

Some people think it's demeaning to victims if you ever say anything out-loud about sexual abuse of children. I don't know if that's true.

The Negro needs the white man to free him from his fears. The white man needs the Negro to free him from his guilt.

I always carry a Tom Ford lipstick and Tachta face blotters to get me through the day.