There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved.

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.

You taste like sugar, " he pants through a smile, still out of breath."Somehow I doubt that. But I appreciate the thought.

It's precarious to hang onto the veracity of memory because its edges are smoothed by the river of time.

never wait for anyone to make you happy

Music's not like becoming a doctor, who can walk into a community and find people who need him.

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time.

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

The Crows are very handsome and gentlemanly Indians in their personal appearance: and have been always reputed, since the first acquaintance made with them, very civil and friendly.

Any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in our society today.

Comedy is really not like any other art form in that it's very specialized and varied in it's content, but generic in it's title.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.