A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.

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.

What happened in Your past will help accelerate you to your future

Nothingness...there in this placewhere nothingness takesbut for the glimmera steadfast shimmerall would be consumed...

Understand and challenge your personal narrative. Narratives become choices and actions — which become your life.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

And I love kick boxing. It's a lot of fun. It gives you a lot of confidence when you can kick somebody in the head.

We need to make our faith our very own love story.

The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.