To me, impulsive means foolish. But if a person’s not a little impulsive, they don’t have a pulse.

Sometimes it’s a good idea to think about what you want from a situation, and try to get it, rather than just blurt out the first thing that comes into your head.

It would be a sin to help you destroy yourself.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom when the passions relax their hold, then, as Sophocles says, we are free from the grasp, not of one mad master only, but of many.

Before you make a decision, ask yourself this question: will you regret the results or rejoice in them?

Not every affection which seems good is to be immediately followed. Neither is every opposite affection to be immediately avoided. Sometimes it is expedient to use restraint even in good desires and wishes, lest through...

Never give a person a piece of your mind when all you really wanted to do was give them a piece of your heart.