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.

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.

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.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

Prosperity begins with a great partner experience

About suffering they were never wrong The Old Masters How well they understood Its human position how it takes place While someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along.

I do want to state that I have never kissed a girl nor have I touched a girl immorally or with sexual intent

I'm sure we can talk things out like civilized people.

All major changes are like death. You can't see to the other side until you are there.

With acting, I always felt like I didn't have control of it. It was all about other people giving me a job.

If I ever had to be on an amusement park ride, I probably wouldn't get on one; I'm not a very adventurous person!

People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of candidates would such people elect?

I believe in past lives but I know nothing about mine and I don't want to know. I live in the present, taking one day at a time.

A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere.