In Shakespeare's plays, the mourner hastening to bury his friend is all the time colliding with the reveller hastening to his wine.

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.

What happens when people open their hearts?""They get better.

The taste of your life depends on the spices you used to brew it. Add laziness to it and it becomes bitter as the bile

Don't resist the urge to burn down the stronghold, kill off the main love interest or otherwise foul up the lives of your characters.

Would that it were so! ... That the American military were targeting journalists.

Gross things sound funny and set people up to listen to something a little uninviting.

Learning to expect problems saved me from a lot of wasted energy. Winners see problems as just another way to prove themselves.

One of the safest places to be in the world is the stage.

Living with one woman is horrific.

A protective tariff is a typical conspiracy in restraint of trade.

You don't get what you want. You get what you are.