The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

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.

It takes writing a billion bad words before you get to the good ones.

Your achievements and success are dependent on a well thought through plan of action.

When we hear the bird sing, it hears only how to love. (Quand on entend l'oiseau chanter, - Lui n'entend que comment aimer.)

There's no reason why Americans should die when Afghans are perfectly capable of defending their own country.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

The superior man is universally minded and no partisan. The inferior man is a partisan and not universal.

A [New Yorker ] is what it has always been. It combines those who pursue the truth with those who pursue the rewards of orthodoxy and those who pursue what is comfortable to the rich.

Don't be evil- apparently people like it better than "Be good".

If women envy men, we can now see that it's because of the privileges their anatomy confers and not the anatomy itself.

The greatest danger of traditional education is that learning may remain purely verbal.