You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

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.

You don't need an entire garden bed, to notice the beauty of a flower.

...consider yourself a functional character in someone else's novel - a background character - a person on the street - that's the perspective ...

That mush plays havoc downstairs, you know?

When I was a ten-year old bookworm and used to kiss the dust jacket pictures of authors as if they were icons, it used to amaze me that these remote people could provoke me to love.

What my true addiction is is reading. I love to read. If I'd get too loaded, I couldn't remember the sentence I just read.

As much as I think I've inspired people in the world, I'd like to be more involved bringing about world peace.

I just think they were just a team that really enjoyed the process and allowed our coaching staff to enjoy the process.

I want to be around a really long time. I want to be a thorn in the side of everything as long as possible.

We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters.

It is intelligent to ask two questions: (1) Is it possible? (2) Can I do it?. But it is unintelligent to ask these questions: (1) Is it real? (2) Has my neighbor done it?