In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant.

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.

Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable!

When you expose a problem you pose a problem. It might then be assumed that the problem would go away if you would just stop talking about or if you went away.

I should hurt a lot more people than I do. Id like to hurt someone on every play.

This is a very difficult assignment for the United States, to hang in there and help this young democracy survive.

To the lover of pure wildness Alaska is one of the most wonderful countries in the world.

Wickedness was like food: once you got started it was hard to stop; the gut expanded to take in more and more.

Birth is a beautiful thing.

The Petal table is a flower that is always in bloom.

Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world.

Well, killing a man isn't clean and quick and simple. It's bloody and awful. And maybe if enough people come to realize that shooting somebody isn't just fun and games, maybe we'll get somewhere.