As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

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.

For how could she dream for more when he was her every dream come true?

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

Aggressive Christianity is the world's greatest need.

I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.

Rotten Attitudes ruin a team.

Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

If you are not with me, you are against me. I have no mercy for my enemies.

...You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

The power of the present moment is so immense it is capable - when lived in fully - of destroying forever every past mistake and regret.