He endearing elegance of female friendship.

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.

All change begins with someone having a thought.

What we all must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.

Your nature is not the problem. The problem is that you have become alienated from your nature -- from your power source.

But in my heart, when I said “my king, ” I meant Verity.

Suspicion may be no fault, but showing it may be a great one.

Win and you are the superior being in all the universe; lose, and may the fleas of a million rodents, infect your every orifice.

Use anger to emotionalize whatever thing you intend to do in life - being a painter, a poet or a photographer

I'm quite neurotic, usually. But when it comes to work, I become extremely focused.

I just finished a novel, and I'm back kind of noodling on the screenplays. Screenplays are tough. I am making music, I'm just not sure what kind of music it is or where it's going.

As much as I have respect for him, this is for the crowd. The crowd didn't deserve what happened tonight.