We had no revolutions to fear, nor fatigues to undergo; all our adventures were by the fireside, and all our migrations from the blue bed to the brown.

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.

The best way to reduce stress is to know that it is not real

There is a purpose in life’s struggles. Without them, we stay the same.

We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

That's why I call Barack Obama a petulant child. He's doing it on guns. He did it on immigration. He's done it on "Obama care."

A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

If you're familiar with a principle you don't have to be familiar with all of its applications.

It’s necessary but not sufficient to learn and then work. You must learn from the work and learn while you work.

A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.

BY the study of different RELIGIONS we find that in essence they are one.

Rock stars get room keys, I get business cards.