To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art.

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.

Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.

It looks like to watch a film without little horror is like to eat a pizza without the extra stuff on it. Like the sauces!

Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?

I am ready to serve the people of Afghanistan, particularly in order to restore peace. I will be ready to assume any duty at the service of my people.

One pleasant surprise was when I interviewed Butch Patrick. I was expecting this bitter old drunk, and instead he had a total sense of humor about his career and his drinking and drug problem.

You can't have oil without oil spills.

The hands have to be like concrete when the horse resists and like butter when he yields.

If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.

The only time I've been arrested was in opposing the Marble Hill nuclear power plant in Indiana. That was in 1979.