Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

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.

Do you think that a billion people knowing your face makes you special?It doesn't.

I just kind of do my thing with sort of tunnel vision for the story and my role and how it fits together.

I choose goodness... I will go without a dollar before I take a dishonest one. I will be overlooked before I will boast. I will confess before I will accuse. I choose goodness.

I was born in Nizhny Novgorod to a very poor family and unfortunately my father and mother separated when I was very little.

I think white is the most wonderful color of all, because within it one can find every color of the rainbow.

But of course you can have your cake and eat it, too - if you decide to to bake a second cake. And you may well find that baking two cakes does not take twice the work of baking one.

For an actress who really hasn't gotten to act for two years, it was like letting a wild dog out of its cage.

I believe that people of my income group should pay more, and I explained why, but that won't necessarily lift overall wage levels.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

If i can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition i have is nothing but talk.