Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion.

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.

Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.

When faced with something I fear, I tend to eat spaghetti.

I used to see dolphins as cute, Smart and funny sea animals. I know now that they're astute, Divine beings, clever mammals.

Dad is a new person. A person who has learned that forgiveness is better then revenge. Next year, we'll teach him that heart attacks are not like women. You just can't keep having them!

You gotta do common things, uncommonly well.

You lose manufacturing jobs, you rarely ever get them back again.

He hath given me rest by His sorrow, and life by His death.

I want to tell you that I love you I want to tell you that I love you I want to tell you that I love I love I love I love but you do not.

The first time I took acid, I made the decision that I would stay in New York and find an independent film company to get a job with.

I am perfectly happy to compromise whether it's with Democrats or anybody else, as long as we're reducing the size of government.