I have known a German Prince with more titles than subjects, and a Spanish nobleman with more names than shirts.

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.

Entrepreneurship is all about energy

I’m in love with my corporate girlfriend, with the Cyclops heart

I try and reduce myself to an almost blank slate and hope to God that I am creative.

One degree turns out to be enough to really unhinge all sorts of earth's ecosystems.

I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work.

What does it mean when something changes how it's always been?

We didn't have a drill so he would burn the holes through the wood with a metal rod that he heated up in a fire. Can you imagine an ordinary crew doing that?

Having lost sight of our goal, we must redouble our efforts!

New York is the only real city-city.

I know that I'll be writing for young adults for a long time. Mostly because I just love the readers and the teachers and librarians that I interact with.