Words too familiar, or too remote, defeat the purpose of a poet.

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.

The knowledge of the Holy One is the key to all knowledge.

The problem with guilt was not how it attacks the present, but how it stained the past. Hindsight was a blemish on memory.

Peace ... is a morbid condition, due to a surplus of civilians, which war seeks to remedy.

What is important to me is that people know I respect the business of making movies.

Out of control judicial activism threatens traditional marriage in America.

I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever's going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly Brothers can do it, me and Paul can. Same with Dylan.

If a woman can go to the beach and wear nothing, then why can't she also wear everything?

The true science of martial arts means practicing them in such a way that they will be useful at any time, and to teach them in such a way that they will be useful in all things.

There's going to be this realm of Platonic forms and then there's going to be this single mind, the 'nous', which grasps them.

Perish each thought of human pride, let God alone be magnified.