Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being free from flatterers.

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.

Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll.

A fathers only wish is for his children to be infinitely better off than him

We had a very successful trip to Russia we got back.

Film and art are close together.

She can kill with her smile, she can wound with her eyes.

Impulses of intelligence constantly create the body in new forms every second.

I hate to sound this way but, 'Why me? Why me with dementia?'

I don't blame Bill Maher for mocking religion. I can see why he took the trouble to make the movie. In one sense, it's overdue.

You don't just play a part. You've got to earn the right to play it.