A gentleman is one who understands and shows every mark of deference to the claims of self-love in others, and exacts it in return from them.

The love of liberty is the love of others; the love of power is the love of ourselves.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

Grace has been defined as the outward expression of the inward harmony of the soul.

Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves.

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.

Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity and afraid of being overtaken

I'm not smart, but I like to observe. Millions saw the apple fall, but Newton was the one who asked why.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

Seconds passed, then ... La Dorada skulked into view. She was half-mummified, but sodden.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

I am regularly asked what the average Internet user can do to ensure his security. My first answer is usually 'Nothing; you're screwed'.

Obamacare will never work. It's very bad, very bad health insurance. Far too expensive. And not only expensive for the person that has it, unbelievably expensive for our country.

My daddy, he was somewhere between God and John Wayne.

Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

If you don't pass through anything in life, you can't be anything.

Faeries are equally loyal and deceitful.

Because of empathy, stories of the suffering of one person could lead us into a war that could kill millions of people.