Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.

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.

When boys unite hearts they become gentlemen.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.

I think as an artist that's the best thing you can have - a personal stamp on something.

They call them fools, who are unable to resist the slightest chance love might exist.

I'd also take any acting job...well, not any acting job, that's not true. I'd take a cool acting job.

I am inspired musically by anyone who can write a song that can bring me to tears.

Computers will never take the place of books. You can't stand on a floppy disk to reach a high shelf.

I've always seen myself for who I am, which is a lot of things.

We're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own.