Saying "I feel guilty" is a mere form of words. Saying "I feel ashamed" is not.
Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.
I criticize myself ruthlessly, but never mention the faults of which I am truly ashamed.
Nobody likes to offer stupidity as an excuse.
I put second things first, and then worry about first things.
By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.