Love is only one of many passions.

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.

Trying to get more learning out of the present system is like trying to get the Pony Express to compete with the telegraph by breeding faster ponies.

There are two ways of being rich—have a lot, or want very little. The latter way is the easier for most.

In many museums, you see one of this and one of that. You gain an understanding of what Abstract Expressionism or Minimalism is, but you aren't given the chance to appreciate the mind of an artist.

The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.

Bullies are always cowards at heart and may be credited with a pretty safe instinct in scenting their prey.

You can only get good at Chess if you love the game

Hinduism with its message of ahimsa is to me the most glorious religion in the world.

The fewer our wants the more we resemble the Gods.

If you want to be like me, work hard and believe in it, and if you don't believe in it, get rid of it.