Few things are so liberally bestowed, or squandered with so little effect, as good advice.

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.

The further from one another, the nearer one can be.

Nothing unattested do I sing.

Free will carried many a soul to hell, but never a soul to heaven.

In my first season I took 76 wickets at an average of less than 5 runs.

I'd rather be thin than famous but I'm fat paste that in your broadway show

I think the music is relevant and if people are into the music, they're going to be into it regardless of when it comes from.

Have a vision. Communicate it clearly. Pick the right people and put them in the right jobs.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

My body's feeling sore, but my soul is feeling pretty good.

Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.