Hope is necessary in every condition.

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.

That’s what a good wife does, keeps your dreams alive even when you don’t believe anymore.

Don’t be such a dumbass, Gabe. Koalas don’t travel in herds. They move in heaps. Much like emus move in ripples, and kangaroos travel in photo-ops.

The Holy Spirit is given to us in order for us to be like fire, when we speak in tongues.

The earnings of a poet could be reckoned by a metaphysician rather than a bookkeeper.

In the end, the best way to succeed is to go small. And when you go small, you say no - a lot. A lot more than you might have even considered before.

The best educated human being is the one who understands most about the life in which he is placed.

Know how sublime a thing it is to suffer and be strong.

I love to perform live.

I am reminded of the importance of small kindnesses.

No one ever really pays for betrayal in silver....The price of any betrayal always comes due in flesh.