There are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.

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.

God in His perfect wisdom gave you power to control only one thing in the entire universe, and that is you.

Moments don’t last forever, but their memories do.

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.

I focus on having a feminine body, a dancer's body. I do resistance and dance and cardio. I like hiking, swimming, being active. It clears your mind and it's a good way to decompress.

The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.

To master the pride of defiant selfhood, that in truth is the highest bliss.

On the whole, I haven't found men unduly loath to say, 'I love you.' The real trick is to get them to say, 'Will you marry me?

As for international understanding, I feel that macaroni has done more for our appreciation of Italy than Mussolini.

I want to get paid for doing my job and whoever don't like it or whoever don't give me my just due then that's on them.

The world is plentiful with honey, but only the humble bee can collect it.