No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

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.

Only a woman can make you feel wrong for doing something right.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all.

Green Screen was a total experiment. I'm glad we did it, but it was just tough on that network to get it going.

Well, I wouldn't say that I was in the great class, but I had a great time while I was trying to be great.

Welcome to the real world, she said to me. Condescendingly. Take a seat. Take your life. Plot it out in black and white.

We lost one child and we gained ten thousand children.

If we don't figure out global warming, we're not going to be able to be here.

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.