The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality.

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.

Religion is so frequently a source of confusion in political life, and so frequently dangerous to democracy, precisely because it introduces absolutes into the realm of relative values.

How much our society values its children can be measured by how well they are treated and protected.

What happens if anger takes you over, Tessa? Who will you be then? What will be left of you?

People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy.

I got my first real six string, bought it at the five and dime, played it 'til my fingers bled.

As an actor, I've always said, half the audience is going to love you, half is going to hate you so just live with it. It's easier that way.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

I'm really enjoying the process of learning to fly. How it will fit into my life down the road - I'm looking forward to discovering that.

Your play account is also designed to strengthen your "receiving" muscle.

It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.