Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

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.

You got infinite channels and limitless rhymes, but the riddles of livin' stay undefined?

If your dream is accepted by all, you don’t have a big enough dream. Big dreams challenge the status quo.

Flowers have the greatest talent in converting an ordinary place into a magical palace!

The acceptance of death gives you more of a stake in life, in living life happily, as it should be lived. Living for the moment.

You can't be happy by doing something groovy.

Then again, what seems like nothing in the eyes of the world, when properly valued and put to use, can be among the greatest riches.

We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens.

I will have a largely happier week if I get to do a physical stunt.

Many times the rewards of fasting come after the fast, though from time to time answers can come during the fast.

Better you don't search for who you are until you know who it is you want to find.