Little would be wanting to the happiness of life, if every man could conform to the right as soon as he was shown it.

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.

When we focus our thoughts on something, we resonate with it. When that resonance is constant and directed, we draw it to us.

People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.

Sometimes our breakthrough begins when we refuse to be impressed with the size of our problem.

friends don't threaten friends' distributor caps

There are more potential combinations of DNA [physical forms] than there are atoms in the universe.

As I die, and my life flashes before my eyes, I want to see who made faces at me when I turned my head. That's all I want to see.

Any measurement must take into account the position of the observer. There is no such thing as measurement absolute, there is only measurement relative.

I am tired of the constant demonizing of people via political labels.

There is a time for some things, and a time for all things; a time for great things, and a time for small things.

While the WTO negotiations will continue, there are other trade negotiations of a bilateral nature, which among other things, should help to open up these markets for South African products.