Whatever mitigates the woes, or increases the happiness of others, is a just criterion of goodness; and whatever injures society at large, or any individual in it, is a criterion of iniquity.

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.

When nations grow old the Arts grow coldAnd commerce settles on every tree

Because of His love, God always provides us with the perfect sketch of our destiny and true purpose for us to apply the finishing lines.

I was just trying to remove a stain

Portraying as human the people you hear about on the news doing bad things is dangerous. But it's also necessary and important.

Swinging first and swinging to kill is all that matters now.

I'm just trying to make images as accurately as possible off my nervous system as I can.

I never say a funny thing intentionally.

Even though two and two might look like four, it could be three or five.

It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.

A creative economy is the fuel of magnificence.