Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no fibs.

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.

If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs, The bark on the tree was just a little bit softer.While the wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, He cries to the moo-oo-oon, If only, if only.

I can't afford the luxury of music while I'm flying an airplane. I have to pay attention to what I'm doing.

Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things All rot the teeth, and make them look like old things.

How many new rock stars have come around that have anything to say at all? Guys where you even want to know what they're thinking? Are they thinking? Where did it go astray?

The more you take away the less there is to hide behind and that's when the true talent comes out.

College mostly makes people like bladders-just good for nothing but t'hold the stuff as is poured into 'em.

I'm aware the fans in the U.S. can be less forgiving...I'll just have to do my best to please them.

The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.

The country has its charms-cheapness for one.

The more we learn to operate in the world based on trust in our intuition, the stronger our channel will be and the more money we will have.