A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Imagine a delicious glass of summer iced tea.Take a long cool sip. Listen to the ice crackle and clink.Is the glass part full or part empty?Take another sip.And now?

Making something is HardMaking something you don't even CARE ABOUT isEVEN HARDER .

I don't think it's good to constantly talk about your own weight and the fact that you look fat in jeans.

In masks outrageous and austere The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.

I love a character that gives me a chance to grow and do something different.

I have the most amazing support network around me.

Almost all rich veins of original and striking speculation have been opened by systematic half-thinkers.

I do have a mouth - I will say. I speak up when I see things I don't care for.

Trust not a woman when she weeps, for it is her nature to weep when she wants her will.