To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flames from wasting by repose.

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.

You can live each day in the confidence of God’s promises.

On a good day, my style is librarian chic. On a bad day, it's frumpy mother.

I am not discouraged because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.

The most essential characteristic of scientific technique is that it proceeds from experiment, not from tradition.

Victory always starts in the head. It's a state of mind. It then spreads with such radiance and such affirmations that destiny can do nothing but obey.

You can leave in a huff. Or you can leave in a minute and a huff.

Keep doin' what you're doin', fall in love with what you're creating, and everything else will fall into place.

For tens of millions of people [television] has become habit-forming, brain-softening, taste-degrading.

There are rumors, rumors, rumors. I'm always the last one to know about these things, literally.

The best break anybody ever gets is in bein' alive in the first place. An' you don't unnerstan' what a perfect deal it is until you realizes that you ain't gone be stuck with it forever, either.