The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence.

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.

People having victimhood attract imperious and authoritative individuals in their life

Speak truth even if you be aloneFor truth hath no friend but itselfKhoiSan Book of Wisdom

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

This rock thing got in the way of my teaching career.

Everything everyone thinks they know about [Mother Teresa] is false. It must be the single most successful emotional con job of the twentieth century.

For nearly twenty years I have been a published author... But I have never yet seen a book of mine offered for sale in a shop window.

Tall oaks branch charmed by the earnest stars Dream and so dream all night without a stir.

Everything here is alive thanks to the living of everything else.

I love you in my dreams, but not in real life.