It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.

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.

In every living thing there is the desire for love.

I know I have pretty good instincts.

The 800 pound gorilla just entered the blogosphere, with Google launching its blog search.

Only he who knows God is truly moral.

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

Each asana is like a piece of music that has a certain characteristic, a certain power.

There is no thing which God cannot accomplish.

All my life I have been taught to take the high road and never to dignify salacious or false accusations and I have been taught never, never to lie.

I just love to put a hurt on evil things. (Katra)

I'm a boots girl. I always wear boots. They only look better when they get dirty.