It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them.

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.

Some people don’t deserve your time and attention. Love them anyway.

Sometimes the closer you are to the truth, the harder it is to see.

The future belongs to Science. More and more she will control the destinies of the nations. Already she has them in her crucible and on her balances.

God is infinitely beautiful in himself, and his beauty ought to attract you like a magnet to him.

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad you have a good chance of being a prophet.

I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.

I'm particularly interested in how you can't rely on your own perception.

He says one word, nodding into the daylight. "Look." It's an astounding word. It's a gift.

Everyone has obstacles, and you're not going to have the right answer or do the right thing every single time.

I would say that in 2000, we understand as much about how today's system of globalization is going to work as we understood about how the Cold War system was going to work in 1946.