No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.

Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.

Fame is a skittish jade, more fickle even than Fortune, and apt to shy, and bolt, and plunge away on very trifling causes.

What on earth could be more luxurious than a sofa, a book, and a cup of coffee?...Was ever anything so civil?

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade.

There is no way of writing well and also of writing easily.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art.

Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.

The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.

Day, the boy from the streets with nothing except the clothes on his back and the earnestness in his eyes, owns my heart.

I always knew that food and wine were vital, with my mother being Italian and a good cook.

I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness.

The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.

When you go to home plate with a lot of confidence, you feel that you can hit any pitch.

I used to drink a lot. I had to stop drinking because it was getting the better of me, and I replaced that with really doing shows.

Even as empiricism is winning the mind, transcendentalism continues to win the heart.

Faith is trusting in the good. Fear is putting your trust in the bad.

When we can identify a problem and face the problem with confidence and enthusiasm, the solution is on the way.