Our ideals are our better selves.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.

It’s impossible, ” he snapped. “Why?” “Because I’m Sebastian, Lord St. Vincent. I can’t be celibate. Everyone knows that.

Smile, laugh, spread a little joy in someone's life, it surely come back on you in a good way.

I feel sorry for people who only know comic books through movies. I really do.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.

You’ve traveled this far on the back of every mistake.

New York is the perfect model of a city, not the model of a perfect city.

I have incredible stamina- the what-do-I-got-that-they-ain't-got kind of stamina.

This is a free country, and nobody should be criticized for their political beliefs. We're all allowed to have our opinions.

One hundred and eighty, divided by three, is one dart at a time