Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought.

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.

You can't make positive choices for the rest of your life without an environment that makes those choices easy, natural, and enjoyable.

There is no such thing as a good tax.

Self-censorship is insulting to the self. Timidity is a hopeless way forward.

No one ever gets to see what could’ve been.

The illusion of skill is not only an individual aberration; it is deeply ingrained in the culture of the [investment management] industry.

It's no good being too easily swayed by people's opinions. You have to believe in yourself.

Those who never quote, in return are never quoted.

Come with me. It's so much better than coming alone. (Lucan whispered to Lena)

Beware the mediocrity that threatens middle age, its limitation of thought and interest, its dullness of fancy, its too external life, and mental thinness.

In Italy they take cheap cloth and make it look expensive, but I take expensive cloth and make it look cheap. They just don't understand.