If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear 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.

One returns to the place one came from.

The wicked flee when no man pursueth but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Have you ever loved somebody, loved her completely, but had to end the relationship for life reasons?

Likewise and during every day of an unillustrious life, time carries us. But a moment always comes when we have to carry it.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

Mother Russia is on the move, she can't stand still, she's restless and can't find rest, she's talking and she can't stop.

"You are a boy," said Mr. Dombey, suddenly and almost fiercely; "and what you think of, or affect to think of, is of little consequence. You have done well, Sir. Don't undo it."

To believe a thing is to see the cool crystal water sparkling in the cup. But to meditate on it is to drink of it. Reading gathers the clusters; contemplation squeezes forth their generous juice.

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.

When the intellect and affections are in harmony; when intellectual consciousness is calm and deep; inspiration will not be confounded with fancy.