Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford.

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.

Bible is a window into the life and practices of the people who lived in Israel and bordering nations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome, and Judea.

Gilbert White discovered the formula for complete happiness, but he died before making the announcement, leaving it for me to do so. It is to be very busy with the unimportant.

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

Honest and sincere acts mislead the wicked and cause them to lose their path to their own goals, because mean-spirited people usually believe that people never act without deceit.

There's a smokestack on the back of every government program.

Be the best, but get ready to be attacked. Only mediocrity is safe.

If you love someone and you choose to spend the rest of your life with that person, that's your partner in every way.

I believe in nothing.

It is useless to attack men who could not be controlled even if conquered, while failure would leave us in an even worse position.