Justice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.

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.

When you read, ' the man whispered, 'you discover who you really are. You find traces of yourself, little pieces you didn't know were there.

I live each day with the joy of blessed moment.

The Christmas tree, twinkling with lights, had a mountain of gifts piled up beneath it, like offerings to the great god of excess.

It was as if some great ocean of destruction had rolled its unyielding tide through the city and then, upon its terrible recession, left behind only a shoreline of concrete sand and crushed humanity.

How can you find answers, if you do not ask questions?

We have been very conditioned by the cultures that we come from and are usually very identified with the particular gender that we happen to be a member of.

It's impossible to consider myself a producer. I can barely produce an English muffin, in the morning.

It's complicated.' 'So's quantitative easing. But I still get that it means printing money.

There’s a difference between thinking you deserve to be happy and knowing that you are worthy of being happy. Your being alive makes worthiness your birthright. You alone are enough.

A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.