The man recovered of the bite, The dog it was that died.

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.

Italy in the first years got food, for the first year or the first periods got food. Then we got raw materials and then we got tool machines, let's say, instruments for working.

Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well.

Daniel Lowe. My savior. My perfect guy. The boy who would never love me the way that I loved him.

I love to sing. It's just a natural thing for me.

Start [writing] as close to the end as possible.

Birth is the scariest event of most peoples' lives. You have to feel safe enough in your own mind before you can remember your own birth.

I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything.

We give people way too much credit. People just get crazy.

Husbands and wives talk of the cares of matrimony, and bachelors and spinsters bear them.