In all pleasure hope is a considerable part.

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.

There must be more to life than having everything!

Trials are part of the adventure to greatness.

Honest communication is a rare thing.

Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.

Now, I find that very difficult to reconcile with notions about a merciful God.

The stupidity of one brain multiplied by twelve.

In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

Remember what Anatole France said about the dog masturbating on your leg--'Sure, it's honest, but who needs it?

Killing one man is murder. Killing millions is a statistic

Ignorant power is a bane!