A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

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.

Creators of history always play with our impotence and our ignorance.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

I see fighters make funny videos about me and stick them on Facebook and get 20 likes. When I make a video, I sell it to Fox and make seven figures. That's the difference.

One beast and only one howls in the woods by night.

I mean, part of me would love to be a fat tenured professor of theater someday.

Michael Cera was born in Canada in 1988 at the tender age of zero.

Love is the glue that keeps the stars in place.

Whoever increases the sum of human joy, is a worshiper. He who adds to the sum of human misery, is a blasphemer.