Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible.

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.

Laughing at your pettiness probably works better than scolding yourself for it.

I don't think irony's meant to synergize with anything as heartfelt assadness.

Religion can't separate us, politics can't divide us, wealth can't classify us. We're all one! We're children of LOVE!

Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

You have to put your own oxygen mask before you put on others... It's a good metaphor for parenting

Award shows are fun, but completely arbitrary and absurd. And yet, I will watch every single one of them.

Service is no Inheritance.

Everything ends this way in France — everything. Weddings, christenings, duels, burials, swindlings, diplomatic affairs — everything is a pretext for a good dinner.

I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater.

I've always been just as interested in making people think as I am in making them feel, and one of the things this scientific process allows me to do is make the audience look differently at dance.