Hope, like the gleaming taper

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.

Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy, ” Wren said. “It’s the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.

When we spend money we lose them forever, when we give them away, we will have them forever.

My name is one best whispered in terror in a dark corner.

As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.

That child whose mother has never smiled upon him is worthy neither of the table of the gods nor the couch of the goddesses.

You have to die a few times before you can really live.

The straight line is godless and immoral. The straight line is not a creative line, it is a duplicating line, an imitating line.

For me, the bold jazz of John Coltrane and Miles Davis reflected the bold attitude in African-Americans finding their political identity and voice.

Anytime you get an audience that's paying attention, you enjoy it more.

You never win the silver, you only lose the gold