Aspiring beggary is wretchedness itself.

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.

Your heart has a trail follow it.

You are mine, and I am thine, and no power on earth shall make it otherwise.

The world rests on principles.

The real is what resists symbolization absolutely.

I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.

At its root, this is what faith is. It is not believing in God. It's believing God.

I have a life coach out with me on tour, a very nice guy from L.A. He just prepares me for each day.

Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.

I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.

Won't it be sad to have an Internet connection to Mars if there are no Martians to write to or e-mail us?