You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .

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.

My knees will not tremble at the sight of a King but I will kneel down before a man of humility.

I love the excitement, the childlike spirit of innocence and just about everything that goes along with Christmas.

The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.

Everybody who I play always wants to use me, so I always tell them that I'm the only one who knows how to stop Portis, so go ahead.

So at 16 I got a job at the local radio station. And I was working after school and weekends. I did the news; I did everything. I did - played records.

Place principle above all else.

For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods.

Two are born to cross their paths, their lives, their hearts. If by chance, one turns away, they are they forever lost.

My boyfriend was insanely sexy, vampire or not, and I couldn't keep my hands off him.

Only think of my being alive with a reputation!