Hunger is never delicate.

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.

I tried to close my ears to the strange worshipful chanting and fix my mind on God, but the Egyptians’ idolatry weighed down my weary shoulders and brought tears to my closed eyes.

I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.

Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.

What they could do with 'round here is a good war. What else can you expect with peace running wild all over the place? You know what the trouble with peace is? No organization.

There are still a few men who love desperately.

...most warriors only perform tricks. The way of the warrior is filled with soul and feeling

It's taken years for people to figure out how to make good content with a gamepad, even though they've been using gamepads for decades to make traditional games.

What is I? It's what you are, not what others make of you.

I want 'The Lady' magazine to be restored to its traditional place in the pantheon of weekly magazines.

When everything seems to go wrong, with peace of heart, you can press on. With peace of heart, you can press on, whatever life brings.