He that would travel for the entertainment of others should remember that the great object of remark is human life.

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.

The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.

For me poems are acts re-done, and that can vibrate well into the future.

If you'd have said Evangelical in 1957, most people wouldn't know what you were talking about. And then, they'd be against it.

I don't mind girls or boys. My mother gets upset when I say I want all girls because Apple is so fabulous.

If reality is not what you want it to be, change it. You should not accept anything blindly, not death, not immortality.

Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just! Shining nowhere but in the dark; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark!

I have never seen someone point after point that just gives it everything.

After you've learned two or three basic rules of cinema grammar, you can do what you like - including breaking those rules.

People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.

Work miracles by setting a good example. Others will catch your spirit! The power of a good example is the greatest miracle-working power of all.