Human nature is the same everywhere; the modes only are different.

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.

Because I haven't yet learned the simplest and most important thing of all: the world is difficult, and we are all breakable. So just be kind.

The seventh element is ‘consciousness’ that raises a human from the basic corporeal state and takes them to super-consciousness.

My biggest mistake is in believing there are limits to how bad it can get.

They were everything they ought to be and nothing else.

Fear is sand in the machinery of life.

With time and patience the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.

People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.

The more you expose yourself as a celebrity, the less interesting you are to watch in your work, because if you're putting yourself out there all the time, you're not holding anything back.

If human nature felt no temptation to take a chance there might not be much investment merely as a result of cold calculation.

Love is the rehearsal of Paradise.