Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves

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 only enemy which stands between the talent you posses and success you achieve is known as "EGO" in our Society

I am not yet born O fill me with strength against those who would freeze my humanity.

I only make movies to finance my fishing.

Why, then, if expensive things cannot bring us remarkable joy, are we so powerfully drawn to them?

Alec looked horrified, as if she'd asked him to put on a tutu and execute a perfect pirouette.

The tax code rewards corporations for outsourcing jobs, and their profits overseas, instead of investing here in the United States.

I have always valued quiet, and the eternity of it that I face is no more dreadful than the eternity of quiet that preceded my birth.

I don't think that care homes are all rotten old places that ought to be shut down.

It's great to have a private jet. Anyone that tells you that having your own private jet isn't great is lying to you.

Capital, created by the labour of the worker, crushes the worker, ruining small proprietors and creating an army of unemployed.