To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.

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.

No use in crying over a boy because there are plenty more just like him

Science has taken away our religion.

Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating normally.

I feel trapped if I know I can't kill myself at anytime

I think it would really be more like 10 films before I locked in and said, "Yeah, I'm really gonna do this thing."

So long as idleness is quite shut out from our lives, all the sins of wantonness, softness, and effeminacy are prevented; and there is but little room for temptation.

Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.

Don't you know by now, luck don't lead to anything or why you keep on moving

The game minus slow bowling is like bread without butter or, even worse, French cuisine without the sauces.

If you're putting somebody down, you're doing it because you're just seeing a part of yourself that you don't like. That's all that is.