Thought is always troublesome to him who lives without his own approbation.

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.

The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God how much can be done by prayer and faith.

Try to avoid getting involved with somebody who's gonna need killing before it's over. It may seem to you that that narrows the field somewhat, but be diligent.

It would be infinitely more prudent to be a single “David” standing with God, than a million “Goliath’s” standing without Him.

No way, that would kill my diet for the week. I don't know how you can stand to eat so unhealthy, Quinn. Just consider it an amuse-biatch.

You are going to survive. And good things are going to start to happen again. And one day you are going to look back and this will not even be such a bad thing

There is hardly any deviancy, no matter how reprehensible in one context, which is not extolled as a virtue in another. There are no natural crimes, only legal ones.

Discrimination involves reflection and absorption.

We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be "empathetic," not blind.

No peace will arrive unless the U.S. or Pakistan want it.

Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts.