There is hardly any place or any company where you may not gain knowledge, if you please; almost everybody knows some one thing, and is glad to talk about that one thing.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

SEEK THE ADVENTURES OF THE HEART. THEY LEAD YOU TO ETERNAL BLISS!

A blank canvas is a playground for the imagination.

To Sachin, the man we all want to be.

A moment is all you can expect from perfection.

When you write in the third person, you get to imagine other people's interiority.

The world is big and I want to have a good look at it before it gets dark.

Singing is something you can do for a lifetime, and studies prove it is good for mental, physical, social and psychological health.

Skepticism? Yes, but a saint is a skeptic once in twenty-four hours.

...then we went skinny dippin' and did things that frighten the fish... Character, Shelby Eatonton, from the movie, Steel Magnolias.

It is easier to invest for cash flow during a financial crisis. So don't waste a good crisis by hiding your head in the sand. The longer the crisis lasts, the richer some people will become.