If you want to be a writer, then write. Write every day!

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.

Wallowing in the metaphorical mud of life helps pass time but doesn't really achieve much of any lasting value.

How now, spirit, whither wander you?

To every soul you encounter, be a mirror, which reflects only their beauty.

Eternity shall be at once a great eye-opener and a great mouth-shutter." -Jim Elliot

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

I have a terrible memory.

At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.

I'm being followed so much I'm causing traffic jams.

Farewell, woman! I intend Henceforth every night to sit With my lewd, well-natured friend, Drinking to engender wit.

Loving you is what I’ve learned so easily but trying to forget you is the last thing I could hardly learn.