There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly but then less is learned there so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.

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.

Don't think, but look! (PI 66)

Run! Life's too short to walk. Unless you don't know where you're running to, then move very slowly.

Becoming "awake" involves seeing our confusion more clearly.

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

Gazzy: "Just Ten?" Angel: "No." Gazzy: "Five?" Angel: "No.

... there's one of the great lies of all times, that computers save time. They don't. They're time suckers. So, I'm trying not to get involved in the Photoshop.

You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.

You should really stop worrying, develop the real wish to live and with a good motivation, [such as] "I have a better life and I can put that life at the benefit of others."

I will be ruthless in cutting out waste, streamlining structures and improving efficiency.