Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion.

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.

To dream! Such dreams certainly make life more worth living... and only dreams can do that for me.

Very few men are wise by their own council, or learned by their own teaching. For he that was only taught by himself, had a fool for a master.

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

When you're white, the sky's the limit. When you're black, the limit's the sky.

I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.

I’ve reached a certain age where I love to work. I could just live here [at the studio].

Seeking but not finding the house builder I travelled through life after life. How painful is repeated birth! House-builders, you have now been seen. You will not build the house again.

Once you privatize something, it becomes a for-profit business.

I feel differently immediately when I start to put weight on. I don't like that sluggish, blunted disposition that I have when that happens.

Joy is increased by spreading it to others.