I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it.

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.

Thought is the supreme power. The right question will have the right answer.

The greatest story every(any)one can tell is the story of their life. Just don't let the climax of your story be unrealized dreams.

Twitter is a real addiction, like the color of it, the process of it.

From craving is born grief, from craving is born fear. For one freed from craving there's no grief- so how fear?

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

Think health, eat sparingly, exercise regularly, walk a lot, and think positively about yourself.

Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.

The mind which can totally and inanely forget its work and obligations is often also the mind which can, at the proper time, give them the fullest attention.

Pakistan is both an ally in the war on terror and in some sense a battleground of the war on terror.

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.