As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor.

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.

A man is like a novel: until the very last page you don't know how it will end. Otherwise it wouldn't even be worth reading.

Every human being ask this question of himself

For six months, then, Emma, at fifteen years of age, made her hands dirty with books from old lending libraries.

Her face lay still on the air under his face.

I describe in a realistic form a nonrealistic Reality.

By computerizing health records, we can avoid dangerous medical mistakes, reduce costs, and improve care

The peace that Jesus gives is never engineered by circumstances on the outside.

Talent wears well, genius wears itself out; talent drives a snug brougham in fact; genius, a sun-chariot in fancy.

Talk is cheap. If it wasn't, people might not toss around 'I love you' like a marked-down phrase in a sales bin.

Nature has made a pebble and a female. The lapidary makes the diamond, and the lover makes the woman.