The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

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.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

The big thinking gives us vision, power and direction, but it is the small steps that are the action of the process.

To see your-self you must first be yourself, to be your-self you must first know yourself, and to know your-self you must first love your-self more than anything in the world."-Mark Miller

Guilt and defensiveness are bricks in a wall against which we all flounder; they serve none of our futures.

If you would train your children rightly, train them in the way they should go and not in the way they would.

You might be a redneck if taking your wife on a cruise means circling the Dairy Queen.

Lazy people can't practice Ashtanga Yoga

Some of us wear the mask prouder than others.

I just like a good, honest personality. I like a real person, not somebody who is pretending to be something that they're not. That really annoys me.

If you don't shut up, how can I answer your questions!