As pride sometimes is hid under humility, idleness if often covered by turbulence and hurry.

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.

Intelligence is an accident of evolution, and not necessarily an advantage.

Crazy and insane are words used throughout history to describe people and ideas that are simply different.

For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart

That, to me, is what I feel like is the future. If I have a daughter, if you have a daughter, becoming that ideal where it's not about your gender; it's about us being human, being in this together.

The way I played the game, the way I live my life, is very emotional.

Words deserted him immediately. He could only speak when he was not asked to.

One usually thinks people to be more dangerous than they are.

I don't really know how to live my life, just like lots of other people don't. I guess you just learn along the way.

I have sparred with commenters as a music writer (on The Rumpus, among other places, see e.g., my review about Taylor Swift), and that was plenty of training!

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.