No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction. A man is pleased that his wife is dressed as well as other people, and the wife is pleased that she is dressed.

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 work for salary is to mortgage your life.

Every man is born to the world of chaos and all his life passes with struggle to create an order!

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow.

Yet it was very difficult to separate her interpretation, and keep it distinct from his meaning.

Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself.

Your husband is lazy if coffee doesn't keep him awake - even when it's hot and being spilled on him.

Ozzy is a powerful and attractive man. When I grow up I want to be Ozzy.

Before children, even the most cynical people throw down their usual masks and become capable of feeling the purity and love which all human beings seek.

After twenty plus years of performing hundreds of shows a year, I prefer to try things out on stage rather than for friends. I don't see the benefit in that, really.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.