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.

At any specific stage of your life, you are certain about few things which when passes over the time to be something uncertain and vice versa.

In general, ' Voss replied, 'it is necessary to communicate without knowledge of the language.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us

You told me you had destroyed it.""I was wrong. It has destroyed me.

Unfortunately, a lot of people are stupid. They take drugs. They get drunk and do all the wrong things in life. I just played it straight.

The Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Phil Spector. Those were my idols.

I'm fast for a middleweight - I have middleweight speed.

Apoplexie and lethargie, As forlorn hope, assault the enemy.

There's a good part of Computer Science that's like magic. Unfortunately there's a bad part of Computer Science that's like religion.

Enjoy the journey, enjoy every moment, and quit worrying about Winning and losing.