I've been walking about London for the last thirty years, and I find something fresh in it every day.

The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.

Tolerance is the eager and glad acceptance of the way along which others seek the truth.

Lawyers are like that famous vampire-bat, said to exist in Hungary, which seizes on a creature, and never lets go while there is blood left.

Masters of flight don't learn to fly because of all that helped them, they learnt to fly, despite all that tried to stop them.

I initially thought I was going to be a teacher. Maybe like an elementary teacher or something like that, which would be fun. Maybe someday.

Remember even though the outside world might be raining, if you keep on smiling the sun will soon show its face and smile back at you.

It is better to be divided by truth than to be united in error. It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.

Life is given to you like a flat piece of land and everything has to be done. I hope that when I'm finished, my piece of land will be a beautiful garden.

Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.

The children of warriors in our country learn the grace and caution that come from a permanent sense of estrangement.

I was taught coming up in the Phillies organization to be seen and not heard by people like Pete Rose, my hero growing up, and players like Mike Schmidt and Steve Carlton and Manny Trillo.

Whoever wants light, should give light, so he receives his payment.

I profoundly believe it takes a lot of practice to become a moral slob.