Man seems the only growth that dwindles here.

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.

Wherever mom is, there is my heart and my home.

She has her own brand of strength, brought to the surface by the dim glow of the streetlight and the whisper of night air on her skin.

No one is ever alone and silence does not equate defeat.

As you emphasize your life you must localize and define it... you cannot do everything.

Call it the Absolute, the Ideal, Perfection, Sanctity, Decency, or what you will, but strive toward it or you will smother in the morass.

I was incredibly depressed and I found myself avoiding doing interviews where my [20-something daughters] could hear me - or leaving books on the coffee table they could see.

My Mom and Dad had six kids, and four of the six were going down the same road I was.

Edgar Allen Poe really started me when I was 8. I fell in love with everything of his.

It's only when we give to ourselves as passionately as we give of ourselves that we create the life we want and deserve.

Leadership appears to be the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done