Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships.

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.

There is hope for you.

Healing is a revolutionary act and we are here to awaken to the true nature of our own souls and the gifts we have to give to the world.

Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your hands.

Love bleeds you dry until the red organ ceases to beat

People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization.

As far as I can see, it's not important that we have free will, just as long as we have the illusion of free will to stop us going mad.

No one - apart from my agent, perhaps - should leave one of my shows in tears.

Not one country in all the world has eliminated its economic participation [gender] gap - not one.

Equality has always been extant but some of us just didn't know it.

Where is the peace that should with thee abide O Earth?