I will take no more physick, not even my opiates; for I have prayed that I may render up my soul to God unclouded.

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 hate you!''That's good. Hate is a passionate emotion.

Your mind will always try to complete what it pictures, so always picture success no matter haw badly things are going at the moment.

There's nothing wrong with being afraid. It's not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it. Sometimes you've got to blast through and have faith.

A child needs your love most when he deserves it least

It's really hard to even talk about the internet without seeming instantly corny.

I can see time," whispered Mogget, so softly that his words were lost.

The dog is a peasant and the cat is a gentleman.

The face and the actor is great, but if you were to start out and you said, "my name is Humphrey" somebody would punch you out, because that's a stupid name to have.

I like girls to be wild but at the same time beautifully brought up and very funny.

Be very slow to go into looking for solutions.