Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused

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.

Only a heart that knows how to love can ever be broken.

Writing is like going underwater - thank you for being there when I come back up.

Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb in the living-room lamp had become a kind of radiant babysitter all its own.

I believe that we don't need to worry about what happens after this life, as long as we do our duty here-to love and to serve.

I have often wondered why the sounds of the beating drums do not make the marching soldiers shoot their officers and go home.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery.

The flatterer easily insinuates himself into the closet, while honest merit stands shivering in the hall or antechamber.

Thank you Lord, for being patient with me. For its so hard to see, when my eyes are on me.

I had always believed government was not a fungus: It could survive in sunshine.