Advice is seldom welcome and those who want it the most always like it the least.

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.

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

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.

…growing a little tiresome on account of some mysterious internal discomfort that the local practitioner diagnosed as imagination

You do not truly know yourself until you have learned to appreciate others.

Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.

People, man, they love hurting people. It's not even fair.

I like to listen to sad music when I’m sad. It seems honest. It makes me cry, and sometimes a good cry is the only thing that can make you feel better.

We are all capable of much more than we think we are.

And books are such an empowering way to give voice to some of these kids who aren't yet ready to tell their story. Or don't know what their story is, or are trying to figure it out.

Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold water.

The only thing that matters, at the end of a stay on earth, is how well did we love, what was the quality of our love?

My wife and my three kids and my grandchildren are my life, but my horses and my dogs are everything else.