Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.
Learn to get in touch with the silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.
Photographers do this for a living, every single day -- they point their lenses toward every single corner of our world and somehow make the mundane mesmerizing through their artistic eye. It's all a matter of being aware of your surroundings and realizing that there are some really amazing and interesting things to look at, even if it may just be something so simple as a wall being covered up by paint.
Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.