Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour.

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.

Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.

I love Sell Out, I think it's great. I love the jingles. The whole thing as an album is a wonderful piece of work. The cover. Everything about it. It's got humor, great songs, irony.

That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much.

Ambition is a drug that makes its addicts potential madmen.

Preserving parks and open spaces is a winner because it doesn't need to be explained to everyday Americans.

When we look up at the sky, we are trying to find the way to ourselves.

For me, the more I don't foolishly waste my life wishing for a better past the more free I am today to create, grow, and love.

Not writing would be like going the rest of your life without having dreams.

I love being a part of the country-music community.

Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!