There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature - the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.

He is the very pineapple of politeness.

A circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge.

When of a gossiping circle it was asked, "What are they doing?" The answer was, "Swapping lies.

An aspersion upon my parts of speech!

Won't you come into the garden? I would like my roses to see you.

A bumper of good liquor Will end a contest quicker Than justice, judge or vicar.

An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance!

Fertilizer does no good in a heap, but a little spread around works miracles all over.

Never say more than is necessary.

The surest way not to fail is to determine to succeed.

Tread lightly on your partner’s heart. It was given to you for safekeeping.

She had needed kindness before, and had received none. Now it was too late, and she did not know what to do with it.

Once I Knew A Lovely Psychiatrist.I Always Thought She Had The Worst Patients.P. Hermans

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Unrequited love is not an affront to man but raises him.

Let us get together with other people of our sort and make over the world into a great world-civilization that will enable us to realize the promises and avoid the dangers of this new time.

We don't know all the reasons that propel us on a spiritual journey, but somehow our life compels us to go.

People are pulled towards the best in themselves, and spotlighting the right is a much stronger approach than nagging.

I trust most people. Not producers.

The very genetic determinism I posited in World's End as a way of shaking off my inherited demons is being proven in fact as we map out the human genome.