Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.

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.

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. There is more day to dawn. The sun is but a morning star.

Secret is the mother of all lies.

When you have the best and tastiest ingredients, you can cook very simply and the food will be extraordinary because it tastes like what it is.

You never really want anything you can easily have.

When I paint a picture of a house, that goes back to my roots.

All men want to be treated like kings in a relationship, and I think if women don't indulge that sometimes, their men are likely to stray and look for someone who can give that to them.

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.

Because it is the nature of love to create, a marriage itself is something which has to be created, so that, together we become a new creature.

My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better!

I try to take what voice I have and I give it to those who don’t have one at all.