A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of everything.

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.

Only if you follow the realism of science rather than the Hollywood fantasy of romance, will you achieve True Love

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch Which hurts and is desired.

If the Arabs put down their weapons today, there would be no more ‎violence. If the Jews put ‎down their weapons ‎today, there would be no ‎more Israel'‎

Selfless giving presupposes something - that there is a lumunious reality.

In the affairs of this world, poverty alone is without envy.

It's hard to believe President George Bush gave a speech in New Orleans about disaster recovery and failed to mention the word 'farm' or the word 'rural.'

Feelings come to us, passively; love comes from us, actively, by our free choice.

Don't analyze, celebrate it.

‎You cannot correct an old person every time they say something offensive. You would never make it through Thanksgiving dinner!

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side.