A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man because he has both enjoyments.

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.

I don't think writers need to be insane. Just crazy.

The poor of the earth know how much we really love Jesus.

In saving Tamlin, I was to damn myself.

In a sea of strangers, you've longed to know me.Your life spent sailingto my shores.

Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for.

[The crowd] will finally succeed in remembering only the simplest concepts repeated a thousand times.

Women have ever been the stumbling block and betrayers of ambition.

O Lord, make this Lenten season different from the other ones. Let me find you again. Amen.

Air warfare is a shot through the brain, not a hacking to pieces of the enemy's body.

How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this, I need someone to pour myself into.