A person loves to review his own mind. That is the use of a diary, or journal.

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.

Friends are only friends when the fights don't matter because you understand each other better in the end.

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

I watched as she, with a half-life-worth of anger and resolve, flickered into this dark night and tried with all her might to get back what was taken from her.

I made a circle with a smile for a mouth on yellow paper, because it was sunshiny and bright.

The purpose firm is equal to the deed

People are taught to fear god. They are taught to fear everything. It has become such a natural state that no one questions it.

I dig Strauss and Wagner, those cats are good...

We must love animals in such a powerful way that we should reject to eat them!

We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.

My experience of living with people of diverse religions and cultures taught me that one will never be at peace with the other if one is at war with oneself.