People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men.

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.

Power brings a man many luxuries, but a clean pair of hands is seldom among them.

The greater the volume of thoughts you have to work with, the better the context you can create for developing options and trusting your choices.

See? Instead of thinking of a way to help my people, all I can think of is the smell of your hair and that small dimple on your cheek when you smile.” (Victor)

I hate water. It's so boring. And it takes up so much room in your stomach.

The only real life is the collective life of the race; individual life has no existence except as an abstraction.

I was 13 and at summer camp when I had my first kiss.

There can be no prosperity without law and order.

If you put frightening things into a picture, then they can't harm you. In fact, you end becoming quite fond of them.

Guys are control freaks and hate when other people know what's best for them

Wars and revolutions and battles are due simply and solely to the body and its desires.