If what must be given is given willingly the kindness is doubled.

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.

Books are like rivers, meandering this way and that, but taking us on a steady, flowing course to somewhere different.

When you are not afraid to fail, you will always win.

Each person leaves a legacy -- a single, small piece of herself, which makes richer each individual life and the collective life of humanity as a whole.

Why? Why are they always wanting to kill Jews?

A revolution is interesting insofar as it avoids like the plague the plague it promised to heal.

The tragedy is that, as modern viewers, we've completely lost touch with what it physically takes to wage a war.

Do not imagine that you have to know everything before you can do anything. My own best work was done when I was most ignorant.

The man who fears man falls from the estate of man. Fear God alone.

The thing about 'Star Trek' is that it is not judgmental. You can do what ever you want, within reason.

You can be pleased with nothing if you are not pleased with yourself.