No man can perform so little as not to have reason to congratulate himself on his merits, when he beholds the multitude that live in total idleness, and have never yet endeavoured to be useful.

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.

Who belonged to no one, who belonged to everyone.Who had nothing, who wanted everything.

The greatest truths are the simplest things in the world, simple as your own existence.

When we perceive aliens as a joke to be laughed at, they feel so pity for us on the success of their plans.

We agreed that our economic and financial teams will remain in close contact as we stay focused on ensuring economic growth and financial stability.

I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.

Socially, it is funny. People are annoyed because, really who is a clown?.

When television producers say it is the parents obligation to keep children away from the tube, they reach the self satire point of warning that their own product is unsuitable for consumption

In the last few years I've been listening to jazz more than anything else. I listen to a lot of world music and experimental here and there.

If you make just a straight scary movie, people are just - you don't know what they're thinking.

It makes me unhappy when brothers make babies and leave a young mother to be a pappy.