He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

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.

We are the Masters of each moment.

Learn from the past but don't forget to live for the present moment. This moment is your life.

I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.

The problem with Germans is that they look in the clouds for what lies at their feet.

I love writing for other actors, women of African descent and people who are generally underrepresented.

Great collections of books are subject to certain accidents besides the damp, the worms, and the rats; one not less common is that of the borrowers, not to say a word of the purloiners

Only fools are positive.

First and foremost: Feed people.

I understand the Second Amendment. I support it. People have the right to bear arms.

I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.