Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity.

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.

There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.

Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?

Life is game. Never fear to play the game.

It takes a week to write a book, but it takes years to write a good one.

Democracy is eternal and human. It dignifies the human being

I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant.

If there is no absolute by which to judge society, society is absolute.

Be true to yourself, know that your are more than your face and body, and keep God first.

When your dreams tire, they go underground and out of kindness that's where they stay.

Every Catholic is one good Confession away from potential sainthood.