Languages are the pedigree of nations.

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.

What I've learned over the years is that people shouldn't be defined by a single mistake. Everyone messes up, " she said. "You have to forgive yourself and move one.

Would that we could choose the last image we see before death closes our eyes forever to this world.

You are lovable, you are loving; your choices about food will reflect that, if you give yourself a chance.

When you nurture people and add value to them without expecting anything in return, they feel significant.

There is no shortage of wonderful writers. What we lack is a dependable mass of readers.

I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream.

Austerity causes constipation; excess, diarrhea.

If the present is any guide, government-sanctioned, counterfeit history is in your future.

I didn't attend any of the court proceedings.

Don't worry?! You sliced your hand open!