Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

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.

It's only human nature for dogs to chase motorbikes

Consciousness and awareness are the sources of all possibilities and infinite creativity.

He really was beautiful. I know boys aren’t supposed to be, but he was.

If God is the Supreme good then our highest blessedness on earth must lie in knowing Him as perfectly as possible.

I claimed myself and remade my life.

A lot of people in 2008 voted for Obama. I did not vote for him. I voted for a third party. But I believed in Obama's promises. He continued with the policies of his predecessor.

Breakthrough Advertising is not about building better mousetraps. It is, however, about building larger mice - and then building a terrifying fear of them in your customers.

Divine is the task to relieve pain

From a very young age, I was the kind of kid you can just put anywhere and I'd still find stuff to be stoked about.

When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.