The first step to greatness is to be honest.

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.

He was one of those young men who possess an impressive store of facts, but no truths.

The story of Sodom is God's reminder to the modern world.

The show is called 'The Office, ' and while it focuses on the people, the architecture of the space is very important.

Nature, after all, is not so poor that she requires constant improvement

When you don't understand the fashion world you're just grateful you get to wear good clothes.

Even though language has its richness the relationship between language and the writer is always like a stone and you have to make the stone human.

Then at one point I did not need to translate the notes; they went directly to my hands

It is my rather subversive opinion that a writer's feelings of anonymity-obscurity are the second most valuable property on loan to him during his working years.

Leadership in its best sense has never been about the pre-determined role cast on some to lead others.

Help is not in the sky, help is within you, in your mind; help is your reason! Turn your face to your reason not to the sky!