Women can spin very well; but they cannot make a good book of cookery.

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 no collective thinking.

In politics, as in business, leadership is crucial.

If you want to be interesting, be interested.

When I eat a tomato I look at it the way anyone else would. But when I paint a tomato, then I see it differently.

The thing about sport, any sport, is that swearing is very much part of it.

Even if you only stop and focus on your breathing for a few breaths, or for a minute or two, its very valuable.

When you forget yourself and your fear, when you get beyond self-consciousness because your mind is thinking about what you are trying to communicate, you become a better communicator

A sure friend is known in unsure circumstances.

Save water. Shower with your girlfriend.