A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.

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.

If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.

Grudges make your heart fragile.

Obedience alone gives the right to command.

I think the main reason my marriages failed is that I always loved too well but never wisely.

Let's all embrace someone near us. Pick someone special to you. Tell this someone how you feel.

Every twenty-four hours God has a fresh new supply of grace, of favor, of wisdom, of forgiveness.

Kenneth Branagh. There was a time in my life when people would tell me constantly that I look like him. I could do a lot worse than that.

When I look in the mirror, I see an ever-unfolding process.

The kid doesn't chew tobacco, smoke, drink, curse or chase broads. I don't see how he can make it.

Either belief in God is unconditional or it is no belief at all.