Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

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.

Don't go out of your way to correct a false assumption if it plays to your advantage.

I once took a poo in the woods while hunched over like an animal. It was AWESOME.

Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Health is the primary duty of life.

Follow your bliss. Find where it is and don't be afraid to follow it.

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

The electronic town hall allows for speedy communications and bad decision-making.

Books of entertainment first led Adam Clarke to believe in a spiritual world.

I mostly like documentaries, so I always think things that happened in real life are so astounding that why would you make a movie about something fake.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

Gravity was something you could beat; all it took was hydrogen, hot air, or even a bit of rope. But being a girl was a miserable, never-ending struggle.