Nothing is more dissimilar than natural and acquired politeness. The first consists in a willing abnegation of self; the second in a compelled recollection of others.

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.

They lived off each other's hypocrisy, fuelling a worthless market of trash.

Change can only begin with awareness.

The virtue of the camera is not the power it has to transform the photographer into an artist but the impulse it gives him to keep on looking.

You know you are wealthy when you lose count of the people whose lives you changed for the better.

I realize that I'm a mature woman and one of these days, incredible diet or not, I'll be a little old lady.

Violating human rights is integral to the project of neoliberalism and global hegemony.

Ability is the art of getting credit for all the home runs somebody else hits.

The more honor and self-respect among players, the greater the team.

Our fiscal ruin and resulting loss of world leadership will, in their [liberals'] eyes, be not a tragic event but a desirable one.

I am forever grateful for Cheers.