How can a thing possibly govern others when it cannot be governed itself?

It is sweet to mingle tears with tears; Griefs, where they wound in solitude, Wound more deeply.

All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up.

The highest duty and the highest proof of wisdom - that deed and word should be in accord.

A man can refrain from wanting what he has not and cheerfully make the best of a bird in the hand.

No wind blows in favor of a ship without direction.

It is well to be born either a king or a fool.