People in distress never think that you feel enough.

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.

We love things because they reflect our imaginative love in their expression.

Those who seize the day become seriously rich.

The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.

Sometimes you can take those dramatic roles and maybe interject a little humor into them, and I think the reverse also works.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

Dare to go forward. Courage is the mark of greatness in leadership

Do not be a magician - be magic!

What makes for the good society is a sound economy. Without it, all the rest falls apart.

One who works twice as hard will have four times as much accomplishment. If he works 3 times as hard he will have 9 times as much accomplishment and 9 times more fun in the process.

One must choose between obscurity with efficiency, and fame with its inevitable collateral of bluff.