It is good breeding alone that can prepossess people in your favor at first sight, more time being necessary to discover greater talents.

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 can look yourself in the mirror at the end of each day, knowing that you did your best, or helped someone out, or took the high road and acted with integrity, then that is an awesome day!

I love sleeping in a moving car more than sleeping in bed.

I feel like my sixteenth birthday and the time I graduated from high school, and the first time I flew solo all wrapped up in one.

It's the attitude of the players, not their skills, that is the biggest factor in determining whether you win or lose.

So I am a product of the Internet, and to some degree a product of this sensibility of constant cultural reference.

Life changes a lot. I guarantee you.

I would like to do away with all kind of - all weapons. A dream - totally. Including the bow an arrow.

Color, like everything else concerning visual expression, usually boils down to a gift, an innate sensibility and sensitivity. Ultimately, artists develop their own palette and color sense.

Hurry is only admissible in catching flies.

Polite beggary is too common.