Elegance of manner is the outgrowth of refined and exalted sense.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

You have to make it happen.

Whom the disease of talking still once posses-seth, he can never hold his peace.

Never assume that people in positions of responsibility are behaving responsibly.

I've always wanted to do non-comedies, I've always done dramas, comedies, music, and I always like to bop around and do different things.

We can no more create the perfect environment for our children than we can create perfect children.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

The propriety of thoughts and words, which are the hidden beauties of a play, are but confusedly judged in the vehemence of action.

You must recognize that we train the people in our lives how to treat us.

Across time and generations, books carry the thoughts and feelings, the essence, of the human spirit.

If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.