Ridicule has even been the most powerful enemy of enthusiasm, and properly the only antagonist that can be opposed to it with success.

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.

To an old man any place that's warm is homeland.

Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

I wish we had the $4 trillion or $5 trillion. I wish it were spent right here in the United States, on our schools, hospitals, roads, airports, and everything else that are all falling apart.

If you're a queen, you're powerless, so I'd probably demote myself and go shopping.

My family still treats me like they did when I was 7 or 6.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

I love movies that ask big questions but don't necessarily answer everything. I like people walking out thinking about something.

People think I'm disciplined. It is not discipline. It is devotion. There is a great difference.

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

Usury once in control will wreck the nation.