One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.

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.

Even painful memories are ties that bind.

Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.

There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience.

The difference between a winner and a loser - they both failed, but the winner gets back up and does it again and again until it goes his way.

The final and conclusive evidence against evolution is the fact that the Bible denies it.

I get obsessed with decorations and decorating the house. I keep it tasteful outside, but when you get inside it is a bit like Blackpool illuminations, I go bonkers!

It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.

I do not feel betrayed. ... He has a fine record. He is a national hero. (On Oliver L North's work)

I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I will never put my hand in your pockets

Hebrew is the most wonderful of languages, a language of a thousand antonyms, hard and strong as steel, while soft and gleaming as gold.