Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

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.

First you jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down.

Anybody who says that money don't change you - they only say that because they don't make enough.

I think it will be very challenging for someone who has not been in prominent public life in the age of Twitter to go out on the campaign trail.

Confidence in a forecast rises with the amount of information that goes into it. But the accuracy of the forecast stays the same.

We are all creatures of the stars.

Too much principle is often more harmful than too little.

Since someone ate crabs, others must have eaten spiders as well. However, they were not tasty. So afterwards, people stopped eating them. These people also deserve our heartfelt gratitude.

Officialdom is hostile to inquiring outsiders.

A few times in my life I've had moments of clarity where the silence drowns out the noise and I can feel rather than think.

Sincerity is technique.