Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel, or which appear before their own eyes.

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.

It all goes away. Eventually, everything goes away.

If you're looking for an excuse to quit you will find it, but if you are looking for the reason to continue you must fight for it.

Chastity without charity is a lamp without oil.

When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target.

Winning the world championship in '66 was really the pinnacle of the whole thing, because to win a championship with an Australian made engine was a fantastic feather in our cap.

Writers must rely more on the feel of a sentence than on the dictates of a rule book.

If ancient tales say true, nor wrong these holy men.

It is probable that two proposed unknown rations are incommensurable because if many unknown rations are proposed it is most probable that any [one] would be incommensurable to any [other].

Life begins as a quest of the child for the man, and ends as a journey by the man to rediscover the child.

Does she realize she looks like a sunflower, ready to rain sunlight on all who look down upon her?