I am a great friend to public amusements; for they keep people from vice.

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.

To be happy, make others happy.

Sometimes command means letting those under you do their jobd

If I had my life to live over I wish I could be a great pianist or something.

Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure.

Mary Keitany from Kenya won the women's race at the New York City Marathon. You can tell she was fast because guys on the street didn't even have time to finish their catcalls.

Should I be the one to play God? We're both about the same age, but we grew up in different neighborhoods.

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.

Take a leap of faith. You will either land somewhere new or learn to fly.

It's money that brings trouble. It always has and it always will.

To memorize a scripture is to forge a new friendship.