Men become friends by a community of pleasures.

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 most fragile, unhappy people destine themselves to live lives of constantly reminding themselves to be happy.

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent

Some men fish all their lives without knowing it is not really the fish they are after.

A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.

I'm not so vain as to believe that my involvement changes anything whatsoever.

The Christian resolution to find the world ugly and bad has made the world ugly and bad.

In every truth, the opposite is equally true. For example, a truth can only be expressed and enveloped in words if it is onesided.

I love being called NTRs grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didnt try enough or maybe because I like it this way.