Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

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.

Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.

Perhaps it's no coincidence that the word words is an anagram of sword. Well-used words cut through ambiguity and confusion like a sharp sword in the hands of an expert swordsman.

No wonder women don't negotiate as often as men. It's like trying to cross a minefield backward in high heels.

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

Politicians neither love nor hate.

I just wish they'd put a new word in the dictionary bigger than love because love just doesn't describe what I feel.

My father was a man of few words.

I think a myth is created from truth.

Location is the key to most businesses, and the entrepreneurs typically build their reputation at a particular spot.

While doing sadhana you must quieten your mind and keep awake the Purusha consciousness behind all your activities.