I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.

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.

Even though he'd been born into a country unshackling itself from its colonial masters, even though he'd lived through nearly twenty years of freedom, nothing much changed for you when you were poor.

Laughter and enjoyment is the key to Entertainment.

Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.

Capital Letters Were Always The Best Way Of Dealing With Things You Didn't Have A Good Answer To.

What we are shines more brightly than anything we say or do. If we are to fill the world with light, we must first face any tattered remnant of darkness that remains in our own souls.

being able to act intelligently and instinctively in the moment is possible only after a long and rigorous of education and experience

We are born on the same soil, breathe the same air, live on the same land, and why should we not be brothers and sisters?

It's still an escape for me, painting, so it also takes me elsewhere. I don't think I would do it otherwise.

The separation of church and state is necessary partly because if religion is good then the state shouldn't interfere with the religious vision or with the religious prophet.