My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is less curable, seventy-five.

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.

To love, and be loved, this is the greatest challenge that any of us face in our lives.

Maybe your mind won't remember what I cooked last week, but your body will.

When I can make Of ten small words a rope to hang the world! "I had you and I have you now no more.

When God helps all the workers for His world, The singers shall have help of Him, not last.

There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.

Self-deception ultimately explains Japan's plight. The Japanese have never accepted that change is in their interest - and not merely a response to U.S. criticism.

You say they create their own reality," said Veronika, "but what is reality?

In Wales, singing and storytelling are party skills, not professions.

I'm just one of the 1.3 billion Chinese.