Words are but the signs of ideas.

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.

In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of a free, informed society.

The Universe Conspires....to get what you truly desire

There's no limit to what free men and free women in a free market with free enterprise can accomplish when people are free to follow their dream.

One should not run on a new road.

We haven't lost everything, if we haven't lost our hope.

Chess is a very logical game and it is the man who can reason most logically and profoundly in it that ought to win.

The human heart is vast enough to contain all the world.

Man, I need to impress her, cause I'd like to undress her.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

Leadership is more doing than dash.