Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.

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.

Single hand for help is better than thousands hands of prayer.

A great deal of thought is only a substitute for the thoughts that the individual would really find useful at the time.

What kind of alchemy could create a perfume that would make a reaction to a person lukewarm, indifferent and apathetic?If such a scent could be made I'd like some.

I got real important relationships in my life that are very empowering relationships.

I tend to get very suspicious of anything that thinks it's art while it's being created.

Anything is of course inexhaustible, because at each moment the brain has a different pattern to construct.

I get fit taking my bike out in the woods.

Bullingdon would never go co-ed. I'm not going to give anything away, but there are a couple of girls involved in our story and it doesn't end well for anyone.

Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny.

Don't run your life by what's legal or illegal. Run your life based on what's right or wrong.