It is by studying little things that we attain the great knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

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.

We bring glory to the Kingdom when we fellowship with one another

I am the Thomas Edison of conversational stupidity.

Life without smoking is like the smoke without the roast.

Sin always seems 'good, and pleasant, and desirable,' at the time of commission.

Even today I cannot believe that people who lived together could inflict horrible pain on each other.

I wonder whether being a scientists daughter makes you so conflicted about free will and fate.

By amusing myself with all these games, all this nonsense, all these picture puzzles, I became famous... I am only a public entertainer who has understood his time.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

History is written by those who hang heroes.

Very rarely is there actually a functional reason for a fashion rule