Crimes generally punish themselves.

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 you are going through hell, keep going

That's what "meaning" is—a special additive like salt or garlic that could make even the most fetid piece of meat seem palpable, even delicious.

Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.

There are some who write, talk, and think, so much about vice and virtue, that they have no time to practice either the one or the other.

at least i'm talkng to myself. instead of giving myself the cold shoulder

More than a pleasant surprise, Danny Schmidt was no less than a revelation to me. And that's not a word I use lightly.

I'm just waiting to be 85 and be in a pajama community. Everyone's welcome to join me.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

A man may be in as just possession of the truth as of a city, and yet be forced to surrender.

When people talk about someone you have preconceived judgments.