Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

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.

If you build a wall they won't come.

...changing one's own behavior is a much more promising strategy than insisting on change from the other.

We should always live in holiness and reveal the holiness of God to the world

We should not expect FRUIT from all trees, few gives SHADOW only

There is always something to be thankful for. If you can't pay your bills, you can be thankful you are not one of your creditors.

Better understated than overstated. Let people be surprised that it was more than you promised and easier than you said.

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own.

God is not a supporting actor in our life movie. We exist for his purposes, not the other way around.

It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'

Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes.