As for disappointing them I should not so much mind; but I can't abide to disappoint myself.

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.

Life’s opportunities are meant to be utilized and explored

Being brave is only standing up when you're afraid.

Strangers can be consequential when you want to practice an atrophied or unexplored facet of you, as they don’t know how you usually act.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai.

I had a weird dream the other night that I was on 'Jersey Shore.'

The key to all enlightenment is to have personal experiences in the world of light. All you need to do that is to meditate.

If love were endless, if it were on tap, it wouldn't hit us the way it does. And we certainly wouldn't write about it.

Why would you try to kill this guy, Kevin? He's a genius. Nuts to your truce.

I think I've done more recording in the past 10 years than most people, but it's all been directed toward film composing and soundtracks. Just the same, it's been great.

Basically, we are a whole world of people desperately trying to figure out what is the dark side of our natures and how much can we explore without becoming something else.