Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.

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 best things aren't perfectly constructed. They aren't illusions. they aren't larger than life. They are life.

The larger the complex, the more the energy it takes away from us

Many people suffer from the fear of finding oneself alone, and so they don't find themselves at all.

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.

All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.

Take everything to the next level and have fun doing it. No limits, no rules!

Bravery is feeling fear but doing the thing anyway.

We think that a powerful and vigorous movement is impossible without differences - "true conformity" is possible only in the cemetery.

Did you ever think that making a speech on economy is a lot like pissing down your leg? It seems hot to you, but it never does to anyone else.

I think Australia has to be a country which has the 'Welcome' sign out.