All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.

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.

Be uniquely you. Stand out. Shine. Be colorful. The world needs your prismatic soul!

Time...a maniac scattering dust.

There's no such thing as soy milk. It's soy juice.

Never underestimate the power of intention.

If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is.

When my legs go back you can hear them jangle, once ya pop you can't stop like a can of Pringles.

I've always been obsessed with things that are half animal and half human - like mermaids and Minotaurs - because they are trapped in an animal body. And I felt trapped in my own life.

America's best days lie ahead. You ain't seen nothing yet.

The working people know no country. They are citizens of the world.