The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.

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 depth or humaneness of our love depends on the wideness of our souls.

No one has the power to shatter your dreams unless you give it to them.

Justice and judgement lie often a world apart."~ Emmeline Pankhurst

When all the thoughts are concerning one thing and the person loses interest in other things, the melancholy begins.

Regardless of what the tour pros think, golf is a rich and varied game, and what all of us awkward fools do on weekends is what golf is truly all about.

Knowingness is sexy. The opposite of sexy is naivete.

I have noticed before that there is a category of acquaintanceship that is not friendship or business or romance, but speculation, fascination.

I don't think the subject of a documentary film should be producers on it.

We're not the cause, we're the effect.

I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.