Whenever you see a gaming table be sure to know fortune is not there. Rather she is always in the company of industry.

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.

If he couldn’t appreciate the passion and beauty in you than that’s his shame, not yours.”--Ciaran Ross, Killer Curves

Barbaric accuracy - whimpering humility.

True greatness is sovereign wisdom. We are never deceived by our virtues.

Winter is the night of vegetation.

Happy the man who gains sagacity in youth, but thrice happy he who retains the fervour of youth in age.

After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism.

Eat less, move more, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, go easy on junk foods.

I ran the L.A. marathon and really loved the experience. Communal and wild and a gigantic challenge. Finishing that marathon means I can do more than I think. I think.

I believe the tax on capital gains should be zero.

Circumstances form the character; but, like petrifying matters, they harden while they form.