No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble about.

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.

...his tortured voice lost in the much grander cries of the world around him.

Every day is a part of life, so make it special.

Without sounding overly pompous about it, I don't really trust certainty in anything, actually. Especially as I get older. Except love. I'm certain of love, I guess.

If you drag your shoe a bit those plastic spikes or rubber spikes can be almost as bad as metal spikes.

Anytime we feed soul, it guarantees increase.

I gravitate toward the law, I think, certainly more times than not, because it's our best mechanism for legislating human behavior, and morality, and ethics.

All rock-and-rollers over the age of 50 look stupid and should retire

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism.

I'm just saying, 'Hey, throw me a bone. How about a smile, cute t-shirt? Look at me.' Nothing - unless it's a turn to their friends to go, 'Hey, why is that weird guy looking at us?'

When men of talents are punished, authority is strengthened. [Lat., Punitis ingeniis, gliscit auctoritas.]