In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show.

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.

Pain teaches you more than pleasure. Failure teaches you more than success. Poverty teaches you more than prosperity. Adversity teaches you more than comfort.

Anyone who is swift to blame someone else has simply ran out of ideas.brimekonsult

It seems to me, sorry seems to be the hardest word.

I must have been a really pretentious little girl.

Americans understand we fight not a religion; ours is not a campaign against the Muslim faith. Ours is a campaign against evil.

Niceness is the psychological armor of the people-pleaser.

I don't have any problem with coverage of victims in France. My heart goes out to anyone who was hurt or killed over there.

After a few minutes, it was time for me to leave. I don't know who decides these things. It just happens.

How are we to account for the strange human craving for the pleasure of feeling afraid which is so much involved in our love of ghost stories?

In Russia a man is called reactionary if he objects to having his property stolen and his wife and children murdered.