Such is the state of life that none are happy but by the anticipation of change. The change itself is nothing. When we have made it the next wish is to change again.

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 voice of jealousy strikes from those who aim to hurt you, not those who love you!

Live your life, it will leave you behind.

In the second stage we stop thought for limited periods of time.

My wife and I are living large in our beloved Miami and I'm working on the things that are important to me.

What are stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?

Fortunes gravitate to men whose minds have been prepared to attract them just as surely as water gravitates to the ocean.

The roots of racism lie deep in man's nature, wounded and bruised by original sin.

At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.

Don't plant your bad days. They grow into weeks. The weeks grow into months. Before you know it, you got yourself a bad year. Take it from me - choke those little bad days. Choke 'em down to nothing.

Just as storms change the landscape of the earth, our hardships change the landscape of the heart.