To make dictionaries is dull work.

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.

Happiness is there when thoughts and actions are in harmony.

Even water carves monuments of stone, so do our thoughts shape our character.

They think virtues are man-made, only exist because they exist, but if no human had ever existed, The Virtues would persist for they hold their being from the very Presence of the Adversary Himself.

I think I developed a very closed personality. I didn't really have friends. I changed schools every year.

You've got to play for whoever you play for.

Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.

There's the chart -- and there's the heart. And it's great when they both line up. But you better follow your heart, 'cause that's where it's at.

Men of genius are not quick judges of character.

This is a subtle truth. Whatever you love, you are.

A library represents the mind of its collector, fancies and foibles, strengths and weaknesses, prejudices and preferences.