The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

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.

Face your fears and you will be able to conquer them.

what? shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?

The idea of a vision is revolutionary and ground breaking but achieving it may be back breaking.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

You have to create your own luck. You have to be aware of the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.

I always had a powerful serve. It's one of the best in women's tennis. It's very good to have a weapon like that.

Many could forgo heavy meals, a full wardrobe, a fine house, etcetera. It is the ego they cannot forgo.

I think making movies and being in theater and TV, there's this beautiful little family. It's so intense that you form these little families, and that's what I loved.

Companies are missing out on phenomenal skills and capabilities of experienced older job hunters: wealth of knowledge, expertise, seasoning, maturity. Companies need to be reminded of that.