Philosophy ... should not pretend to increase our present stock, but make us economists of what we are possessed of.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Blame where you must, be candid where you can, And be each critic the Good-natured Man.

To make a fine gentleman, several trades are required, but chiefly a barber.

One writer, for instance, excels at a plan or a title page, another works away at the body of the book, and a third is a dab at an index.

People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.

I love everything that's old, - old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.

A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.

Ridicule has always been the enemy of enthusiasm, and the only worthy opponent to ridicule is success.

Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.

Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.

Solid character will reflect itself in consistent behavior, while poor character will seek to hide behind deceptive words and actions.

I hope we shall abolish war and settle all differences at the conference table I hope we shall abolish all hydrogen and atom bombs before they abolish us first.

Some people should just start ideas and other ones should carry them out.

At some point, you have to sit down and face the page alone. At some point, the final decisions need to be yours. At some point, you have to give yourself deadlines and stick to them.

I saw men whom thirty years had changed but slightly; but their wives had grown old. These were good women; it is very wearing to be good.

Strew on her roses, roses, And never a spray of yew! In quiet she reposes; Ah, would that I did too!

I collect Hot Wheels. I collect glass. I collect coins. And I collect cards.

Even if we don't agree, we should agree to work together.

The basis of good manners is self-reliance. Necessity is the law of all who are not self-possessed.

This is rather different from the receptions I used to get fifty years ago. They threw things at me then but they were not roses.