Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive, or by what he can desire.

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 future is not in the hands of fate, but in ours.

Half awake and almost dead. But yet we were breathing and yet we were waiting...Waiting for a miracle to happen.

It is a wise man who knows where courage ends and stupidity begins.

I'm in Pittsburgh. Why am I here?

I have a different way of thinking. I think synergistically. I'm not linear in thinking, I'm not very logical.

I don't know which side is anybody on any more. I don't really care. There is a moment when we have to transcend the side we're on and understand that we are creatures of a higher order.

The days are long enough for those who use them.

She's a very charismatic character, and she holds the whole play together.

Your shower is ready - I turned it on last night.

I'm so old that I can remember when most of the people promoting race hate were white.