With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.

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.

Hope is a helium balloon. It is a wish lantern set out into the dark sky of night.

Degree of conformance to our other beliefs. One of our criteria for the assessment of explanations is coherence with our existing beliefs.

Sometimes I'm not even satisfied when I got 6 points and 22 rebounds, because I'm always looking to do more.

I'm kicking myself in the rear end every day, saying, 'Did I really book this many shows? What am I doing?'

Only the minute and the future are interesting in fashion.

An ethical atheist is infinitely more valuable than an unethical pious! What matters is whether you are ethical or not; your beliefs are utterly trivial beside this matter!

Start producing, some writing, directing is definitely what I want to do and I'll be doing a lot more in the future as well.

To walk is to lack a place.

I don't connect much with the present. I have more of an affinity for what came in the past.

You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.