It's a bad plan that can't be changed.

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.

With the right kind of people life is wonderful

Strange how potent cheap music is.

Honesty has a power that very few people can handle

Painting is so poetic, while sculpture is more logical and scientific and makes you worry about gravity.

Psychology is the most important factor in chess.

There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.

You have to evolve and change but you're always gonna get that street edge out of my music regardless. That's who I am. That's in me and that ain't gon' never go away.

The civil servant is primarily the master of the short-term solution.

Keelhaul the poets in the vestry chairs.

There is something in the decay of nature that awakens thought, even in the most trifling mind.