Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

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.

It is better for a leader to make a mistake in forgiving than to make a mistake in punishing.

Tweets about the mundane aspects of your life contain something that is vitally important to gaining followers and taking part in discussions: Authenticity.

I grew up in that world of power and politics in Washington, but when you grow up around it, you are completely unfazed by it.

The mind has grown to its present state of consciousness as an acorn grows into an oak, or as saurians developed into mammals.

Europe has a long and tragic history of mostly domestic terrorism.

A babe in a house is a well-spring of pleasure.

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.

I've learned a huge amount because I've been tested and, more importantly, I've been trusted.

The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.

I'm so fed up with being told that I'm a bad person because I don't subscribe to the same exact narrow views [Christians] have.