Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.

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 good is honour when greed eats away at its foundations?

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!

The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl.

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

Forgiveness is not a matter of who is right or wrong. It is a matter of doing the right thing.

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

But first, my friends, I need you to do something for me. We have two spies in the back of the auditorium.

I want a brighter word than bright

Genius is its own end.

You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.