A birthday is a good time to begin a new; throwing away the old habits, as you would old clothes, and never putting them again.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar.

Beauty isn't made of sugar.

God and Nature met in light.

My two must-haves are my cell phone and my MacBook Pro laptop, which allows me to update my Web site from wherever I am, whether I'm in Africa or in Sun Valley skiing.

You get talent when you discover the ground of your pain.

I get cold really quickly, but I don't care. I like weather. I never understand why people move someplace so that they can avoid weather.

Well the press and things like that are pretty hard core, but I don't pay too much attention to that.

And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).

A lot of modeling is how much crap you can take.

I've been in motorsport my whole life since I was eight years of age.