The empire of custom is most mighty.

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.

Our power lies in our small daily choices, one after another, to create eternal ripples of a life well lived.

I used to have more tolerance for these views, but I am losing patience with what I see. The test of anything is the fruit it bears. I see no good fruit being born.

We are getting more and more imports from abroad.

It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.

It's so dreadful to have nothing to love - life is so empty - and there's nothing worse than emptiness.

A lot of my success comes from black music. It's something I'm very proud of.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.

I guess, when you get down to it, a loving touch compensates for an unskilled hand about everywhere except in an airplane cockpit.

I have a fetish for damsels in distress.

I grew up around backstage, and that clinched it for me.