When a man is once in fashion all he does is right.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

the joy of someone who had been a reader all her life, whose world had been immeasurably enlarged by the words of others.

New adventures enrich one’s life.

This is my life's work. It is a user's manual to the human being, a parenting book ... and how to be the best you can be.

Follow your fate, and be satisfied with it, and be glad not to be a second-hand motor salesman, or a yellow-press journalist, pickled in gin and nicotine, or a cripple - or dead.

Are you the stuff that hero's are made of? Or are you a jellyfish in a skirt?

You have to give 100 percent in the first half of the game. If that isn't enough, in the second half, you have to give what's left.

Never give in or give up easily on a cause.

I believe, every day, you should have at least one exquisite moment.

When backed up against a wall, dig deep, demand excellence, stand tall, and be strong.

Addiction is a serious desease; it will end with jail, mental institutions or death.