Nothing concentrates one's mind so much as the realization that one is going to be hanged in the morning!

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.

I have poured my heart out ….And now I am empty.

In that moment I found a power beyond any I'd had before, a will and a determination I would never have need if not for Lucinda, a fortitude I hadn't been able to find for a lesser cause.

The most dangerous thing in the world is the sin of self-reliance and the stupor of worldliness.

Being an assistant in a computer lab was the worst job I ever had. It was boring. That was when I was in college.

If we are going to stop wars on this earth, we are going to have to make war on hunger our number one priority.

Lovers are fools, but Nature makes them so.

I think it's unnecessary to be mean for the sake of being mean, but I do believe you have to be truthful, but with love.

When you start taking consistent action, you will see results.

I'm just really confident sexually, and I think that sort of oozes out of my pores. It's just there. It's something I don't have to turn on.

What we need is a theology of salvation that begins and ends with a recognition of every person's hunger for glory.