Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.

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.

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.

Have you ever realised that if a person can make you angry, that person actually controls you.

I chew the inside of my lip, considering for a second what it would be like to slap this skinny little witch right across her tight-lipped little face. ~Kelly about Suni

If you can ensure happiness and public order, the country will go ahead well, just like what all Thais want.

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.

I love my relationship with Coach Vermeil because it is one of the few genuine relationships that I have.

The difference between authorized and unauthorized biographies is the difference between riding in carriage or squatting in steerage.

I am a Negro: Black as the night is black, Black like the depths of my Africa.

The most wonderful revenge you can have is by dumping an attractive, vacant man for an uglier one. That way all of his friends can scratch their heads, and for the next year or so wonder why.

Some things are taken away from you, some you leave behind and some you carry with you, world without end.