A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.

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.

The problem with catching dreams is you forget how truly incredible they are when you live with them everyday.

You don't need to know what you want. You only need to know what you don't want...

We do not expect significant spillovers from the subprime market to the rest of the economy or to the financial system.

All's fair in love and war.

Not fat, just not anorexic. She's soft in all the right places.

I realized early on that success was tied to not giving up.

There is a distinct difference between having an open mind and having a hole in your head from which your brain leaks out.

Childhood's over the moment you know you're going to die.

When I got my PhD, it was a time when there were just no jobs for PhDs. Period. PhDs were getting the lowest paid technician jobs, if they were lucky, in any kind of science.