Your manuscript is both good and original but the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original are not good.

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.

Those with wild hearts love biglove fiercelylove with every fiberof their feral being.

Just keeping being you. Don't worry what people think. Being you is cool, okay?

It is necessary, in this world, to be made of harder stuff than one's environment.

Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture.

A year ago,' I said, 'you wouldn’t have asked this of me.' 'A year ago,' he answered, 'you wouldn’t have hesitated to drink.' I crossed to the desk and tossed it down.

One is what one remembers: no more, no less.

It's lose, lose for the taxpayer

I don't believe I could work as effectively at what I do without the support of my wife.

Princes should delegate to others the enactment of unpopular measures and keep in their own hands the means of winning favours.

A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.