Though very poor, may still be very blest.

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.

All God's giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reackoned on God being with them.

the knowledge that change can be frightening, that responsibility can, but that the answer to that is not refusing to change or to accept responsibility.

The destiny of the country depends on the actions and the position of His messengers

He regarded marriage as an arbitrary and essentially adversarial relationship, akin to the yoking of prisoners on the chain gang.

To be famous when you are young is the fortune of the gods.

Those that know the least of others think the highest of themselves.

Where is the good will in the thought, I was going to throw this in the garbage, do you want to wear it?

Could have recovered greenness?

Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.

You don't want to look back at your years with regrets. Regrets have no place in your memory jar.