The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

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.

Even as I hold you, I am letting you go.

Let's go downtown, " Dad said. "By the public library. You never know what wild and crazy things might be happening at the library.

Some are blessed with musical ability, others with good looks. Myself, I was blessed with modesty.

My parents certainly didn't have anything to do with the theater. I'm some kind of accident.

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

Let us keep our mouths shut and our pens dry until we know the facts.

It was a dream to arrive at Liverpool but I never wanted to just settle for what I had achieved. I wanted more.

I think the ultimate result of it is you can get inside the record.

I'm not familiar with the metric system.

There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.