Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

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.

God Almighty, I don’t want to ask for more. But to say more thanks.

I've been wondering, " Isabelle commented reflectively over dessert, "if it is foolish to make new memories when you know you are going to lose them.

Ignorance is relatively easy to cure

How can people trust social media over newspapers today?

I'm just very amused by five-year-old humor.

All that matters in life is forging deep ties of love and family and friends. Writing and reading come later.

It often happens that those of whom we speak least on earth are best known in heaven.

Be - don't try to become.

Television probably has become the most evocative, widely observed signpost we have.

O what a blessing is Sunday, interposed between the waves of worldly business like the divine path of the Israelites through the sea.