Language is the dress of thought.

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.

Sermons in stones and good in every thing.

I just want to show off my scar proudly and not be afraid of it.

At the risk of sounding too cliche, I found a really fantastic church. That is what keeps me grounded.

A kid is a guy I never wrote down to. He's interested in what I say if I make it interesting.

Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence.

Worship is admiration becoming adoration.

Men are almost always cruel in their neighbors' faults; and make others' overthrow the badge of their own ill-masked virtue.

The value of art lies in its power to increase our moral force or establish its heightening influence.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm very critical, especially artistically.

Life is a classroom -- only those who are willing to be lifelong learners will move to the head of the class.