All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.

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.

The river flows to the sea, whatever the wind says about it

Success is like a rainbow

I'm competitive at everything.

Apparently every man was told to bring three women with them. Sounds like a ho-down.

And I didn't know I loved her till I'd dreamt of her. I didn't know it was the real thing until an illusion had signalled it.

I sometimes don't know what I'm writing when I start writing it, on some level.

Nobody looks good in their darkest hours. But it's those hours that make us what we are.

Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established.

Personally, I have already turned down the Downing St thermostat by 1 degree

I dont think about the Fonda legacy much.