To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

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.

People will change their habits quickly IF they have a strong reason for doing so.

Stop wasting any more time looking outside of 'you' for what is not there. Look within and you will find the treasure you seek.

Practise your knowledge, for knowledge without practice is a body without life

Every moment is a fresh new beginning, a wonderful inauguration of the great cosmic journey through the universe. We can do whatever we want. We can change reality at any moment.

I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.

out of great Russia came three dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die for: Bread, Peace, Land.

One thing that remains consistent throughout anything I do in life really is remaining true to myself and trusting my gut instincts.

There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker.

Say what you would about the dietary requirements, vampirism sure did do great things for the skin and body.

A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip.