Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

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.

Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...

What makes a great golf course is continuity and variety: right-to-left holes, left-to-right holes.

There's an honesty in our family - my kids and I are able to talk about things without me putting the fear of God into them.

My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old.

Whatever you do....don't fall asleep.

When you spar in boxing, the only thing that gets hurt is your brain. Everything else feels pretty good.

I guess I have friends around me but when you're paying them can they ever really be true friends?

My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality.

When I go train hopping and I look up into the sky, there are always so many more stars than I remember there were.

If you know that whatever is made inevitable breaks down, you needn't seek too hard for achievement. If you know that all living beings inevitably die, you needn't work too hard on health lore.