Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.

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.

You will never be who you want to be, until you are happy with who you are.

Last warning. I don't play nice.

From a book you can learn the theory but it takes practise to learn how to live life.

The hallmark of my books is the relationships that define women's lives.

Don't wear rollerskates to a tug-of-war.

I think most Republicans would rather win this election than have transformation.

Yeah, we call that mulling around. Okay guys, come on now. What we're going to do early in this game is mull around, okay? And later, we're going call that monkey-off-our-back play.

The more you plan and the more rigid you are, it takes away from your experience

I'm not interested in how people move; I'm interested in what makes them move.

We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.