In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

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.

If you are distant and misanthropic, selfish or cruel, you will find yourself alone in life and death.

I am not gamesome: I do lack some partof that quick spirit that is in Antony.

Beauty is not just a white girl. It's so many different flavors and shades.

Being honest about where you come from and what your story is is the only way to connect to other people, to really connect with them.

We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms.

It takes years for average persons in the nagual's world to remove themselves from their involvement with themselves and be capable of seeing the wonder of it all.

There is not in sight any source of energy that would be a fair start toward that which would be necessary to get us beyond the gravitative control of the earth.

The whole strength of England lies in the fact that the enormous majority of the English people are snobs.

The French would eat anything that couldn't outrun them.

What has religion to do with facts? Nothing.