For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws.

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.

A rhythm becomes a habit when we can no longer hear the music.

I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

No one has ever found a solution for not doing a fashion show.

Food binds us to our roots as strongly as any song or poem. Many of us have learned more about our ancestors in the kitchen than we ever will from a book.

Ambition is a passion, at once strong and insidious, and is very apt to cheat a man out of his happiness and his true respectability of character

Nothing is more important than to see the sources of invention which are, in my opinion more interesting than the inventions themselves.

You want to poof it or ride back with me?

When I was born my father spent three weeks trying to find a loophole in my birth certificate.

A picture is something that makes invisible its before and after.

What we do in our lives is what gives us contentment and serenity and makes us feel like we are doing some kind of contribution.