The volumes of antiquity, like medals, may very well serve to amuse the curious, but the works of the moderns, like the current coin of a kingdom, are much better for immediate use.

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.

Why shine, when there's nothing to shine on?

It's not clear in the U.S. at the moment, either. We're going through another election.

I'm glad I haven't married - I crave excitement.

A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is torn to rags; the rest is entirely out of fashion.

More diets start in dress shops than in doctors' offices.

I confess it, I love the camera. When it's not on me, I'm not quite alive.

America has an ability to try to make some things happen that other countries don't necessarily have.

An hour of study, for the modern apostle, is an hour of prayer.

I'm from Tennessee. My mom lives in Nashville. I'm born and bred country. That's all I listen to.

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.