Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

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.

… the secret in handling fear is to move yourself from a position of pain to a position of power.

A live-in domestic worker: "You are never sure that your soul is your own except when you are out of the house.

I don't think I really have a talent for movie acting.

I had a good upbringing, we didn't have any money, but there was a lot of love in my family.

Life has a strange way of working itself out

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

I don't care much about success or anything like that. I've only ever wanted life to be an adventure.

I think the biggest things I am looking forward to is getting new faces into the sport. Getting kids who could be afraid of water to feel comfortable in the pool.

Secret griefs are more cruel than public calamities.

I've always had a feeling that any time you can experiment, you ought to do it. Because you never know what will happen.