In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

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.

People enjoy convincing others, if others are wrong they convince them towards right, if others are already right they still want to convince them towards wrong.

Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.

The law of attraction is feeble without the law of action.

You allow people to represent themselves, and they'll either look smart or foolish on their own; you don't have to do much for them.

I actually liked the disolation of winter; it was the season when it was okay to be unhappy. If I were to ever kill myself, I thought it would be in the summer.

Don't step on my blue suede shoes.

Do your best every time because by doing a thing well you build something valuable into yourself

Make the wise man within you your living ideal.

I've always wanted to record a jazz record. I did one in the '70s with Barbara Carroll. It's been a journey.

I won't go to England because they won't let my dog in.