Condemned to Hope's delusive mine, As on we toil from day to day, By sudden blasts or slow decline Our social comforts drop away.

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.

While farmers contribute to our survival, let us also do our part by showing them respect in form of not wasting food.

People don't like to talk about death because it makes them sad.

The discipline in your life should be one determined by your own desires and your own needs, not put upon you by society or authority.

The views expressed by Me are in no way endorsed by CBS any of its allied companies or in fact Me.

Don't change your mind just because people are offended; change your mind if you're wrong.

Your believe is what makes you, coz you are the product of your thought... what you believe is what you become, no doubt.

We shall have to pass through many a valley, many a narrow defile. Many will grow tired on the way. Of course they will mostly be those who have no reason to do so.

Successful people do the things that unsuccessful people won't do.

Our family has lived in Iran for 2,500 years, and Iranian Jewry has the long history in that land.

...greatness sympathises with greatness, and littleness shrinks into itself.