Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.

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.

I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Only worse thing than being cold, and too tired to defend yourself, is to be cold and alone. And I wouldn't ever wish that on nobody.

If you want to do something, try it! The worst anyone you ask for help can do is say no.

There's lower mystical kundalini and higher mystical kundalini. There are ranges within the range.

And more importantly - what we have chosen to do

Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy.

I am not in this business as a calling. I don't do what I do to right any wrongs.

Learning to love unselfishly is not an easy task. It runs counter to our self-centered nature.

We credit most our sight; one eye doth please Our trust farre more than ten eare-witnesses.

The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield.