The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.

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.

Nevertheless, likin' is a tender plant, and never thrives long when watered with tears. Let the 'arth around your married happiness be moistened by the dews of kindness.

I don't go to church. Kneeling bags my nylons.

People talk about me because I am a great man

I don't see how I possibly could have come from where I entered the planet to where I am now if there had not been angels along the way.

Always be mindful of the kindness and not the faults of others

Pure politics is merely the calculus of combinations and of chances.

It really has lifted my spirits. It's intensified my faith, given me more hope. That's what music does for me.

I am kinder to my body. I don't try to prove anything to myself or others. I keep thinking about the need to go slower, gentler and maintain a sense of humor about it all.

It's a great loss.[Carrie Fisher] was a comic genius, as far as I'm concerned.

Sometimes, I think Trent just needs a cup of hot chocolate and a blankie.