Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

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.

They will not let you have peace, they don't want you to have anything they don't have themselves.

A single change can sometimes change your entire life

That's what alcoholics do. It's in their job description: fall apart and then keep falling apart.

He that buildeth his nest upon a Divine promise shall find it abide and remain until he shall fly away to the land where promises are lost in fulfillments.

The ideal is not believing in, but believing from.

I have an excuse to show off my love of history, and my interest in cosmology.

Ghosts were created when the first man awoke in the night.

Be sensitive to your mistakes. Put it on the wall for a couple of weeks. It may be that you can learn more from the study of your own work than from others.

Some things are sacred. Until you act like they're not. Then you lose them

Putting yourself first is not selfish. Quite the opposite. You must put your happiness and health first before you can be of help to anyone else.