Politeness is the result of good sense and good nature.

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.

Remember, any lie you are told, even deliberately, is often a more significant fact than a truth told in all sincerity.

I am sensible that to own an inclination for a man is to put one's self wholly in his power

Don't bother about genius. Don't worry about being clever. Trust to hard work perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is "Don't grumble. Plug on!"

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.

Eventually we grow weary of seeking treasures outside ourselves and we begin to look within. There we discover that the gold we sought, we already are.

It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.

Being involved in the well-being and advancement of one's own community is a most natural thing to do.

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.

Money is needed to bring about many good things but when your heart is attached, it destroys you

Possibly the whole creative whirlwind of any musician's life is based on garnering and developing and absorbing more and more experience.