Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself

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.

The well of knowledge will never run dryAs long as you have the wisdom to seek and the courage to try

The Heart & Mind when in unison is the most powerful creative state for bringing your desires alive within your reality.

Dream, believe, strive, achieve.

Medicine no doubt, has helped us a lot to cure so many diseases, but death still remains an incurable one!

The whole idea of interviews is in itself absurd - one cannot answer deep questions about what one's life was like - one writes novels about it.

When nobody wants something, that creates an opportunity.

Alcohol causes a lot of problems, and then to solve these problems, you drink more.

I know it's hard for you to trust me. If I ever find the man who did this to you, who made you so frightened, I'll kill him with my bare hands. But you can trust me.

All decisions in the artistic execution of the work rest with pure intuition and cannot be translated into a self-analysis.

Imagine what you will be, and it will be so.