The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

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.

To theology, ... only what it holds sacred is true, whereas to philosophy, only what holds true is sacred.

The air around her was cool lately, as if she were creating a vacuum with her unhappiness.

At the end of human

I may add that we have more than once stated our willingness to conclude nonaggression pacts with the states neighboring our own!

Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply... For fear will rob him of all if he gives too much.

Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.

It's more difficult getting up early in the morning when you're wearing silk pajamas.

I like vodka tonics and gin & tonics. I also like gimlets. I like things that have sweetness with a bit of a kick.

Nobody’s journey is seamless or smooth. We all stumble. We all have setbacks. It’s just life’s way of saying, ‘Time to change course.’

I love history. It was the only thing I did well at in school. I'm not ashamed to admit that I was not a good student but I was great at history.