Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

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.

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.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Rules are for children. This is war, and in war the only crime is to lose.

If not for a dumb beast's incomprehension at its own destruction beneaththe loving hands of two heartbroken children.

Seconds passed, then ... La Dorada skulked into view. She was half-mummified, but sodden.

Anybody who thinks small towns are friendlier than big cities lives in a big city.

I wish to begin again on a daily basis. To be born again every day is something that I try to do. And I'm deadly serious about that.

I go to my Room and I drink and I smoke some cigarettes and I think about her. I drink and I smoke and I think about her and at a certain point blackness comes and my memory fails me.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

That guy [Floyd Mayweather] is throwing his money around like there is no tomorrow.

While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.

A little more than kin, and less than kind.