Know your opportunity.

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.

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

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.

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

The mind can fool the heart, as the heart can fool the mind.

Snake people do not drink milk, " Kekrops said. "We are lactose intolerant reptiles.""Me too!" Frank said. "I mean . . . lactose intolerant. Not a reptile. Though I can be a reptile sometimes-

I'm very lucky that my husband is a true partner in child-rearing. If I get home late, he gets home early or vice-versa. I travel more, and he's able to spell me when I'm gone.

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

When I write I find a quiet place.

Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality.

You can only get over your fears if you attack them head on.

The more uninteresting the letter, the more useful it is to the typographer.

Don't quarrel with your parents even if you are on the right.

Iran is a great problem, but not necessarily a great country. In fact, I think it is a very weak country.