All this [wealth] excludes but one evil, poverty.

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.

With the wings of love, flyin the imaginative and joyful blue sky.

Not always the fanciest cake that's there Is the best to eat!

Most people are enduring a marginalized isolation. One of the great obstacles to modern friendships is the 'religion of rush.' People are rushing all the time through time. Friendship takes time.

For paranoia about 'what other people think' : remember that only some hate, a very few love - and almost all just don't care.

I'll never forget anything about Middle Earth. That's part of my memory now so I won't miss anything.

I don't pretend to be an ordinary housewife.

Stick a shovel into the ground almost anywhere and some horrible thing or other will come to light. Good for trade, we thrive on bones; without them there'd be no stories.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

The life of a scholar seldom abounds with adventure.

The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails.