A country gentleman should bring his lady to visit London as soon as he can, that they may have agreeable topicks for conversation when they are by themselves.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

It's not about Indians, it's about people... the overall philosophy is to reconnect all people to nature and inevitably themselves. - Larry Stillday

I had brutal beginnings. I will not let the darkness in.

I went back to look for you.Not understanding the language of hello, I thought I’d speak it just the same.

A Christian will say... "I believe God created me in one day" Yeah, looks liked He rushed it.

Keep doing what you're doing no matter what anyone says. Defy your own doubt.

What I need is an Urban Thesaurus. I know what money is what I need is 600 different ways to say it.

You don't really have to believe what you write in a blog for more than the moment when you're writing it. You don't bring the same solemnity that you would bring to an actual essay.

When you see the right thing to do, you'd better do it.

Climate change: We have never faced a more critical time on our planet

Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.