The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

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.

Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it.

US President Gerald Ford's golf was so bad we thought he was a 'Hitman for the PGA!

I've gotten to work with some great people. I've been really lucky.

Our partner's sexuality does not belong to us. It isn't just for and about us, and we should not assume that it rightfully falls within our jurisdiction.

Let me remind you that credit is the lifeblood of business, the lifeblood of prices and jobs.

There is no feeling in this world to be compared with self-reliance--do not sacrifice that to anything else.

I never wanted to be away from the family. Intuitively, I knew how easily distances could harden and become permanent.

A prince ought to have two fears, one from within, on account of his subjects, the other from without, on account of external powers.

It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?

People should treat the oceans like we do anything else that we care about - with consideration, with care, and affection. That's it. For that we must educate.