The fortunate circumstances of our lives are generally found, at last, to be of our own producing.

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.

You had a near life experience.

You don't fight racism with racism, the best way to fight racism is with solidarity.

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work.

I always thought of photography as a naughty thing to do - that was one of my favorite things about it, and when I first did it, I felt very perverse.

Some are less giving, others are more reticent and you actually have to create for them. Others have within them the next step.

Life is sweetest when it could go away tomorrow.

I set my sights upon becoming the kind of artist who would make a contribution to art history

If you could do tomorrow over again, would you?

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.