All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes.

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.

Life used to move much more quickly when I was a girl. We needed to abbreviate just to keep up.

It's very difficult to lie to yourself about certain things. I'm not necessarily convinced about how information is gathered and I don't think the credence that's given to it is valid.

I learned early in life that to laugh before breakfast was to cry before dinner.

The ultimate destiny of the human race is the greatest moral perfection, provided that it is achieved through human freedom, whereby alone man is capable of the greatest happiness.

From innumerable complexities we must grow to simplicity; we must become simple in our inward life and in our outward needs.

The fact is that the learning process goes on, and so long as the voices are not stilled and the singers go on singing some of it gets through.

No matter how deep and dark your pit, how dank your shroud, their heads are heroically unbloody and unbowed.

I'm sure every pattern has been covered, but it's nice to think you might dwell on some that other people don't.

People think I'm nuts.

Ripe bananas are the mark of a good produce section. A good produce section is the mark of a superior grocery store. A superior grocery store is the mark of a good man.