He that pines with hunger, is in little care how others shall be fed. The poor man is seldom studious to make his grandson rich.

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.

Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things.

Camera phones threaten to turn everyone into amateur paparazzi. We are witnessing our personal space shrink because of the way technology is being used.

We finally are where we need to be. We have a strategy and a commitment to go after ISIS.

Almost anything is better than three network TV outlets completely controlling the national discourse with their nightly broadcasts. We've moved a long way from that, and that's important.

The Holy Spirit said I was blessed and was going to touch hearts everywhere.

Fill the moment and find variety.

If you're chasing your dream, you're not running fast enough. Run faster

Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name.

If we look closely at this earth, where God seems so utterly forgotten, we shall find that it is He, after all, who commands the most fidelity and the most love.

A part of you has grown in me. And so you see, it's you and me together forever and never apart, maybe in distance, but never in heart