The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.

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.

Politics is just show business for ugly people.

Satan does not care what you know. He only fears what you understand and apply. In fact, his assignment is to hinder your understanding.

Rose was so full of life and passion that sometimes she seemed more human than I was.

In the race of life I would rather to be around the best and sink than to be around mediocrity and swim.

I like a highland friend who will stand by me not only when I am in the right but when I am a little in the wrong.

What we make is more important than what we are particularly if making is our profession.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Every bad thing that's happened to me has defined me, has shaped, has moulded me.

Clothing was something I always wanted to do. I've been pulling tear sheets from magazines since I was a little girl.

One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.