Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

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.

Let's sing our way out of this

Another bad thing about "prosperity" is that you can't jingle any money without being under suspicion

Jazz is my comfort music, like comfort food.

Without satisfaction, you cannot have compassion. You have to be satisfied souls, then your compassion will act.

I hate it. It looks like a stickup at 7-Eleven. Five guys standing there with their hands in the air.

We who are Christians, members of God’s family, are called to go out to the needy and to serve them.

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

If we fail to see that there are powers that cause people to be bowed down in bondage, we are going to fight the wrong battle.

Trusting your energy policy to the fossil fuel lobby is like trusting your health care system to the tobacco lobby.