The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise.

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.

[T]here [is] no limit to what might not be achieved by an alliance between an imperial monarchy and revelations, if truly believed to be heaven-sent, of a prophet.

Have you thought about what will happen when you start living the life that's right for you, instead of the one you promised to live for someone else?

We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine.

The one who is doing his work and getting satisfaction from it is not the one the poverty bothers.

I wish I could tell you it gets better. It doesn't get better. YOU get better.

Wary, as if surrounded by strangers.

All business depends upon men fulfilling their responsibilities.

I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.

It's natural that anyone is compared to their father.