If the guardian or the mother Tell the woes of willful waste, Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or drown at last.

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.

Charming. We're going to be murdered in our beds.

Prayer steadies one when he is walking in slippery places - even if things asked for are not given.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers - we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.

The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way. I never follow anybody's path, what they've done.

When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem.

I had no illusions that my career would be any longer than three years tops.

On the road, as a 'rock star,' there's superficial attention and adulation is thrown at you for a couple of hours - then you're alone in your room and it's lonely.

A piece of football history. A unique coach [Sir Alex Ferguson], among the greatest of all-time.