From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

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 ego tells you to fill space. Your spirit tells you to let space fill you.

The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

What I really want to write about is injustice and justice, and the different ways human beings organize the two.

The sounds of anger are not melodic.

Poverty hides itself in thought before it surrenders to purses.

If the sun were made of hamsters, the earth would be incinerated.

God is not just the starting point of your life; he is the source of it.

The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware by declaring them non-existent.

The irony of the information age is that it lends credibility to uninformed opinion.