Discord generally operates in little things; it is inflamed ... by contrariety of taste oftener than principles.

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.

Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.

If you expect honesty, be honest. If you expect forgiveness, forgive. If you expect a whole person, you have to be a whole person.

he made the poor choice of deciding that he couldn't live either. You can make a better choice. You can choose to get up and live.

The British may not know much about music, but they certainly loves the noise it makes.

If there is no possibility for change in a character, we have no interest in him.

It is only through the home that a people can become really good and truly great.

People refuse to take chances in business, because they fear the criticism which may follow if they fail. The fear of criticism, in such cases is stronger than the DESIRE for success.

Women like being kissed.

Unlike art which contains a message, wine conveys nothing, it has no intellectual or cognitive content