Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

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 is true, Monsieur, that when you die, the ones who love you come for you ... I have seen it.

New York has an electronic heart.

The advice that I wish I would have given myself is to not care about what other people are thinking.

She wanted to die, but she also wanted to live in Paris.

Discouragement is not from God.

I always thought that you could do worse than find yourself dying in the company of a devoted former student.

If I go three days without vocalizing, the voice is gone.

If you're a gardener you don't need a gym. [...] You're always carrying large sacks of manure all over.

I love to work. I have a passion for what I do.

No foreign policy will stick unless the American people are behind it. And unless Congress understands it. And unless Congress understands it, the American people aren't going to understand it.