Indolence is the devil's cushion.

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.

Failure is only a temporary fall. You must rise up any time you fall.

Women have been funny for years.

My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.

And, of course, customers really need to feel safe and are seeking reassurance when they fly.

My teaching - of what is perceived to be a complex and foreign sounding religious philosophy - has become the target for people's prejudice and religious intolerance.

Our galaxy is 10 billion years old. The Earth is only 4.5 billion years old. We are a firefly flicker in the great astrobiology of the galaxy.

Memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed.

When I can't see myself in the mirror, I can't even feel myself, and I begin to wonder if I exist at all.

At my age, no one is married, no one has kids, no one has a career.

I was kind of always attracted to red. I used to wear red socks a lot for some crazy reason.