Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science.

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.

Ignorance is not linear, it's exponential.

Trying to get prosperity through seed of faith is running after shadows

The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.

Whining is anger through a small opening.

Let no one say that I have said nothing new... the arrangement of the subject is new. When we play tennis, we both play with the same ball, but one of us places it better.

Beer must be made by food companies. It makes you wander the streets at 3 am looking for things to eat. "What's that, is it moving, get it!! It's a nun! Fry her!! Fry her!"

Let's face it: I am not a professional runner.

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

We grow with years more fragile in body, but morally stutter, and can throw off the chill of a bad conscience almost at once.

Music helps set a romantic mood. Imagine her surprise when you say, "We don't need a stereo - I have an accordion."