He who seeks for applause only from without has all his happiness in another's keeping.

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.

I am free. I am ransomed. I've never felt this way before, like a slave set free who was born a slave and never knew what freedom was like.

This is the typical fallacy on which all of CONSUMER AMERICA is based. Some piece of useless crap will make people like you.

You can lose your way groping among the shadows of the past.

The Government may not suppress lawful speech as the means to suppress unlawful speech.

It is perilous to study too deeply the arts of the Enemy, for good or for ill.

The real meditation is how you live your life.

. . . a dirty exterior is a great enemy to beauty of all descriptions.

I can't sleep. Too many thoughts running through my useless head.

Adolescence in my growing up period was truly "Happy Days," the title of a TV show connotating the quality of this life period.

You've been given status today, but never forget where you came from. You came from dirt and will return to dirt. You will be on that day as you began: just you and Him.