Alas how difficult is it to preserve a high reputation!

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.

It is impossible to examine questions we refuse to ask.

Authority and example lead the world.

Those hot pants of hers were so damned tight, I could hardly breathe.

Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

Let us live as people who are prepared to die, and die as people who are prepared to live.

I painted myself out of my painting.

Water is more precious than oil. Both are more precious than music. Music won't heat a house or help a plant to grow.

It is always an eerie experience to sit among Bashar al-Assad's soldiers.

Dear soul, don't set a high value on someone before they deserve it; You either lose them or ruin yourself...!

I would just turn into a giant pair of lips. "Oh God! There he is! It's Lip-Man!"