Do not say before hand what you are going to do; for if you fail, you will be laughed at.

You should know which opportunities to choose.

The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.

Measure a person by what they do with power.

What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.

That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.

Cultivate truth, good faith, experience, cleverness, sociability, and industry.

Forgiveness is better than revenge.

Do well the duty that lies before you.

Know your opportunity.

Speak no ill of a friend, nor even of an enemy.

I can hear the songs of your eyes, I can feel the warmth of your glowing cheek, and I can get lost in the smile of your soul.

Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.

Donald Trump I wouldn't trust as far as I could throw him.

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

Everyone in your life is a figment of your imagination--ev en you.

So much as I enjoy big novels of epic sweep, I often find, say, if they follow several generations, by the third generation, I'm not caring about the people anymore.

Our memory is like a shop in the window of which is exposed now one, now another photograph of the same person. And as a rule the most recent exhibit remains for some time the only one to be seen.

While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.

I do not recognize these as defeats. They are but interesting experiences of life. They are valuable stepping stones to success.