“If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.”

The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.

Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.

Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.

We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.

Kindness is stronger than fear.

It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

Ability without honor is useless.

A friend is a second self.

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.

I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.

Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.

I never learned hate at home, or shame. I had to go to school for that.

I don’t feel ashamed to be loud, which is an argument I’ve had with lots of men, who thought I was too sassy and unladylike.

If I die innocent the shame will fall on those who are the cause of my death, since all sort of iniquity is attended with shame.

It’s okay to be proud of hard-earned success. There’s no shame in being a boss.

Bare your struggles very close to your heart and have them be a part of you that you’re proud of instead of something that you’re ashamed of.

Avoid the flourish. Do not be afraid to be weak. Do not be ashamed to be tired. You look good when you’re tired. You look like you could go on forever. Now come into my arms. You are the image of my beauty.

It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.

One should never be ashamed to cry. Tears are rain on the dust of earth.