An Englishman fears contempt more than death.

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.

Grown-up people do not know that a child can give exceedingly good advice even in the most difficult case.

Even a captured enemy is not to be trusted.

I think of myself as being Jewish and Irish, despite the fact that I'm English.

Calumny is like counterfeit money; many people who would not coin it circulate it without qualms.

I've kind of got an out in cancer. It keeps things in perspective for me.

It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word "human" is "sympathetic." More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.

I'm always challenged by someone.

You can't be angsty all day or else it becomes a sort of pale angst.

Once you start to question your life you get to a higher level of awareness. It's like turning a light on-voila you see you have choices and choices are sacred.

You get rich because you do things most people will not do. Success requires sacrifice. You must be willing to make those sacrifices.