Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

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.

Iona stared at me for a long time. “You are going to leave me a widow before I have a chance to become a bride.

Stop grovelling and start working.

No matter how many times you think you have failed, there is always another opportunity for you to succeed.

There is not shortage of fault to be found amidst our stars.

In almost all sciences the fundamental knowledge is either found in earliest times or is still being sought.

The faulty stands on his guard.

What is important in meditation is the quality of the mind and the heart.It is not what you achieve, or what you say you attain, but rather the quality of a mind that is innocent and vulnerable.

It is the ultimate honor for a coach to be his country's coach.

The true lover realizes that freedom is needed for loyalty to blossom.

Musical revolutions, I don't know how many I've been through.