Absence, like death, sets a seal on the image of those we love: we cannot realize the intervening changes which time may have effected.

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.

He that thinketh he leadeth and hath no one following him is only taking a walk.

The few people who earned my respect are those who are predictable in their character but totally unpredictable the way they think!

The beating of my heart stops when your gone, my heart herts when your voise is not speaking. This proves my love for you so never leave me.

A prudent wife is from the Lord.

You go home happy, you go to work happy, you make a better project because everybody loves it and loves each other.

All men think they're fascinating. In my case, it's justified.

You can never receive more love than you are prepared to receive.

To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.

I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

One of my current pet theories is that the winter is a kind of evangelist, more subtle than Billy Graham, of course, but of the same stuff.