A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.

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.

John Quincy Adams strove to escape commonplace thoughts.

However much we would adore the past it will forever die in the future with us.

In this lifetime, you got two things: Bad and good, and ain't nothin' in between.

Sexiness is all about your personality, being genuine and confident, and being a good person.

We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.

What is masculine and what is feminine, anyway? Why should men not show that they can be fragile or seductive? I am only happy when there is no discrimination.

Never stop forgiving.

I've loved you since the day I stole the atlas for you," Gabriel says, because he thinks I'm asleep.

Our marriage works because we each carry clubs of equal weight and size.

Be happy! God sees in you another God. God sees you as another God. God sees you and He as One.