He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to let no particle of time fall useless to the ground.

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.

And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you.

When the citizens of a nation have been made to love and adhere to values and virtues, then they make better choices.

We humans can work hard for each other, and we should and we must work. But it is God, and only God, who heals.

Everyone in Nashville's got DUIs because there's no public transportation and everyone's too lazy to call a taxi.

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.

Giving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn’t giving up at all, it’s growing up.

There is a time in a boy’s life when the sweetness is pounded out of him; and tenderness, and the ability to show what he feels, is gone.

What most of us are after, when we have a picture taken, is a good natural-looking picture that doesn't resemble us.

Dead men are heavier than broken hearts.

Digital television is no longer a probability, it is a certainty.