The fiction of happiness is propagated by every tongue and confirmed by every look till at last all profess the joy which they do not feel and consent to yield to the general delusion.

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.

Lord thank you for thy faithfulness.

Cooking is the showy side of domesticity.

An advocate who has been well paid in advance will find the cause he is pleading all the more just.

The industrial age is over. What follows will be life lived on a much smaller and finer scale.

Thinking about all that - what it means to be happy - I think it overloaded your brain.

When there are elections, people tend to vote for peace. They don't vote for war. So Americans want to promote those principles around the world.

The Beatles tried to do some tours and found it to be completely pointless and became a non-touring band after that, and with very good reason.

Anticipation of pleasure is a pleasure in itself.

Relevance is not something you can predict. It is something you discover after the fact.

I write in a small office at home.