" "My fake plants died because I did not pretend to water them." "

— Mitch Hedberg

" I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. "

— Xenocrates

" Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you. Love me and I may be forced to love you. "

— William Arthur Ward

" Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together. "

— Thomas Carlyle

" If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were. "

— Richard Bach

" Whatever you are, be a good one. "

— Abraham Lincoln