For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil.

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.

You cannot change the past, but you can make a difference now

Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.

Following your dreams is better than being led by your fears.

I run five miles three times a week I log everything. I look up routes when I travel.

You know," Clary said, "most psychologists agree that hostility is really just sublimated sexual attraction.

I've got to stop being such a snob about leather-bound books, he reminded himself. E-books do have their moments.

You can't say my team aren't winners. They've proved that by finishing fourth, third and second in the last three years.

We have to broaden our appeal to more customers than simply high-end customers. We have to understand that, in the aggregate, there are fewer customers out there, so we have to appeal to them all.

Everything can be temporary, except us.

When one promise jostles another, one of 'em isn't a promise.