A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

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.

For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth.

Deep in my heart subsides the infrequent word, And there dies slowly throbbing like a wounded bird.

To love my neighbor is to assist the arising and unfolding in him of that which can harmonize the real elements of his nature.

People who hate in concrete terms are dangerous. People who manage to hate only in abstracts are the ones worth having for your friends.

The sewing machine joins what the scissors have cut asunder, plus whatever else comes in its path.

I believe in dancing.

I love visual gags and gimmicks; I love them.

It should be obvious that I wasn't no honor roll student in high school. My favorite class was boys.

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.