His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

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.

Christmas and the others can end up making you sad, because you know you should be happy.

The despotism of custom is everywhere standing up to human advancement.

I play myself all the time, on camera and off. What else can I do?

If you need me to tell you that if you serve God, you'll get a Mercedes, you're lost.

I cried when I turned 34 for no other reason than 34 sounded old to me at the time.

You’ll never regret being a good friend.

The silent film, it was cut at the age of thirty.

What has been said does not simply belong to us.

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

The heavy trees, The grunting, shuffling branches, the robust, The nocturnal, the antique, the blue-green pines Deepen the feelings to inhuman depths.