To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar

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.

Prose is architecture and the Baroque age is over.

I'm glad it was me and not you, Mr. President.

Beauty is always queen.

Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel.

If God is sovereign, then it is impossible for civil government to be neutral on issues of law. All law is based in some religious code.

Male figure skating is different than female figure skating; we're not America's sweetheart.

I do not need wireless access to Wikipedia. I would prefer to stir-fry my own small intestines than to have continual access to a site where the entry for Klingon is longer than the entry for Latin.

Feminism was not a rulebook but a discussion, a conversation, a process...

We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.