To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.

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 world is full of fools and foolishness

People that don't know what they are worth will always see their capture's wings, but never their tail.

I can't resist that's why I exist to take you there kissed

What I see is sacred.

Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

The childless escape much misery.

I feel a little uncomfortable about endorsements.

When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas. It's important to listen to the actor who is there on the stage and living it.

Which is weird. But not the craziest thing I can think of Rose doing.ʺ I appreciated the support.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.