Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.

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.

Education is teaching our children to desire the right things.

Ignorant is not the one who does not know much but the one who does not make senses.

Don't be afraid of failure be afraid of petty success.

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

When you're betrayed there's a period of shame and then there's always forgiveness.

He stole horses' you'll say to yourself, 'and he didn't care for women; and but for my pride I'd have been with him now.

You’ll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing.

I think what separates a superstar from the average ballplayer is that he concentrates just a little bit longer.

Never miss an opportunity to just shut up.

How ill white hairs become a fool and jester!