What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.

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.

Time is what keeps everything from happening at once.

challenges are everywhere. Awake! challenge and defeat the challenges that challenge you in a challenging way and be not be defeated by the challenges that challenge you in a challenging way

There's gonna be a lot of great songs, but there ain't going to be another 'Trap Queen.'

When you consider all the stars I have managed, mere submarines make me smile.

As long as you give my friend Jonah Lehrer a free pizza, I'll write a song about your restaurant.

Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace.

Reading is fundamental - fun to mental.

Persons who have been homeless carry within them a certain philosophy of life which makes them apprehensive about ownership.

Valor consists in the power of self recovery.

somehow, with the passage of time, and the dealines that life imposes, surrending became the right thing to do