A few men are sufficient to broach falsehoods, which are afterwards innocently diffused by successive relaters.

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.

Ain’t I your man?” he persisted.“Yeah, Ellis, you’re my man.” Her lips quaked as she said it.

What allows us as human beings to psychologically survive life on earth with all of its pain drama and challenges is a sense of purpose and meaning.

Companies are increasingly taking responsibility for the safety of the food they sell, rather than risk their brand on a large recall.

He had never expected death to be this quiet, this secretive, this easy.

Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?

Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after.

Alexia abhorred hypocrisy, especially when munitions were involved.

If I'm educated and passionate about a topic, I'll answer the question. But I also know when to shut the hell up.

Why is balance important? From a life lesson standpoint, it's about learning to enjoy yourself without getting the ego involved.

Conscious experience as such is an exclusively internal affair: Once all functional properties of your brain are fixed, the character of subjective experience is determined as well.