A mind too vigorous and active, serves only to consume the body to which it is joined.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Every day is a gift. Every thought is a lift. Every hour is a prize. Use it and be wise.

I like to stand near ATM machines, and when somebody types in their pin number, I go, 'Got it!' And then I run away.

The nuns taught me that the best thing you can do in life when things get difficult is to work.

I think kids in general are much more capable of understanding the idea of being transgender than adults.

I imagine the touch of someone who loves you so much, he cannot bear to watch you sleep; and so you wake up with his hand on your heart.

I don't think I'm more politically-based as much as socially-based.

The stars above will be below when man has Love.

Call it no more free-will, but slavish lust; free to evil, but free from good, till regenerating grace loosens the bands of wickedness.

The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato. The best part is underground.

That's basically what I have people do, I have them become aware. Once you set a goal, once you become aware of something, it becomes part of your consciousness.