The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

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 happiness of love is in action

I wasn't sure what was happening between us, but I didn't want it to happen without me.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

Education costs money. But then so does ignorance.

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and I really liked having them around.

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged.

Tis' better to live your own life imperfectly than to imitate someone else's perfectly.

If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I'm complicit.

Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?

Maharajji told me, 'Give up anger and I'll help you.' I found that love freed me back into the ocean of love and my righteous anger didn't do that. And I would rather be free than right.