The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made.

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.

Whenever you should doubt your self-worth, remember the lotus flower. Even though it plunges to life from beneath the mud, it does not allow the dirt that surrounds it to affect its growth or beauty.

Landscape photography is the supreme test of the photographer - and often the supreme disappointment.

Money is, with propriety, considered as the vital principle of the body politic; as that which sustains its life and motion, and enables it to perform its most essential functions.

You know, you can steel your heart against any kind of trouble, any kind of horror. But the simple act of kindness from a complete stranger will unstitch you.

The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.

...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment?

A miracle is a shift in perception. The moment that we choose to perceive our life with love, we can create miraculous change.

He is happy in his wisdom who has learned at another's expense.

I've made mistakes, and I know why I made them, but I made that choice. Nobody's ever made a choice for me.

Wisdom is avoiding all thoughts that weaken you.