Error is ever talkative.

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.

Anguish is the universal language.

It is completely usual for me to get up in the morning, take a look around, and laugh out loud.

[Albert Camus] was not an existentialist!

Ten out of ten people die, so don't take life too seriously.

At least, the sun had the decency to stay the hell away from us.

Almost anyone you talk to will say, 'I don't want to die plugged into machines.

Whoever sees no other aim in the game than that of giving checkmate to one's opponent will never become a good Chess player

I do enjoy playing some sports, even though none of them are organized. I enjoy football most of all.

I've been in Washington ever since 1981, trying to get out!

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.