Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.

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.

She didn't deserve me. She deserved a hell of a lot better than me, but so help me, I wasn't good enough of a man to just let her go.

It's easier to change what you do than people think it is. If you don't change, your field changes around you.

I think this, if Hillary Clinton treats me with respect, I will treat her with respect.

Christianity is religion for the executioner.

The day that music is taken for free by the majority is the day that the phrase "sell out" doesn't exist any more.

There's this idea that everybody has to have everything right away... I wasn't the superstar. I had to work really long hours for it.

Life is lived only once. And the less seriously the better.

The media has a formula, they have a blueprint for destroying Republican political officials they don't like. It's not gonna work on Trump. He doesn't fit that mold.

I know the coaches definitely trust me and my ability to throw the football.

All the cliches of glamorous sophistication have little appeal to me. Do I want to live the British version of 'Dynasty?' No thanks!