If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still

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.

In a surreal gift from the universe, time both stands still and flies past you in that singular moment when you find out someone you once loved is gone.

Intention and awareness are the two tools that enable us to create anything our heart desires from the universe.

He hath always but slightly, known himself...King Lear

I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldnt trade it for the world.

A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.

Culture makes pain tolerable by interpreting it's necessity; only pain perceived as curable is intolerable.

I'm never trying to be commercial or accessible, or saying "let's do this weird stuff, but at the same time we gotta do this safe stuff".

Never again should Ghanaians have to resort to dubious means to get to, or live in, foreign lands, simply to make a living.

I think it shows that sometimes for one person to keep breathing, something else has to stop." (hardcover page 37)