The civilities of the great are never thrown away.

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.

Just because a door appears closed it does not mean that it is locked - nor that it will not open with the right heart, call or touch

God determine the time and duration in the wilderness for every man.

Sometimes, you have to love beyond yourself! And that's how you learn to love! That's why you had to drink the bitter glass of your love.

Piety is a discipline of the will through respect. It admits the right to exist of things larger than the ego, of things different from the ego.

I've been curious ever since I was a little kid.

To think of your creations in terms of better or worse- big mistake. They are your children.

I don’t believe in magic. I believe in hard work.

No matter how you hurry, you will notice at the end of the day that you traveled at the speed of time.

I got an answering machine for my phone. . . . Now, when I'm not home and somebody calls me up . . . they hear a recording of a busy signal.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.