Age, that lessens the enjoyment of life, increases our desire of living

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.

Of course, there is no conceivable way of getting by reason from the proposition "I am losing interest in this" to the proposition "This is false.

Dashes and disappointments are not canonical Scripture.

The dreams weren’t as pleasing when they had no chance of coming true

When women love, they forgive everything...

The excellence of the Church does not consist in multitude but in purity.

My father offered me a dollar for every pound I would lose as a kid. It didn't work. And it doesn't really work in the long run.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

Animals are very easy to love and be friends with.

I wanted to know what it means to know something, whether we can know at all, and, if so, how.

Don’t become a wandering generality. Be a meaningful specific.