I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

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.

Books make my world complete.

The Tone is the Message.

Religion is nothing else but love to God and man.

When we stumble don't get discouraged. Get up and Keep Trying.

The issue I brought forward most clearly was that of mass surveillance, not of surveillance in general.

There is no more important issue than restoring the protection of the law to pre-natal infants.

If I was a gold-digger, I would have a lot of money in my bank account. I'd be worth millions and millions.

I'm not invited to any exciting parties and my life hasn't really changed.

Gehrig was not like the common folk; Created, was he, like the strongest oak.