Pointed axioms and acute replies fly loose about the world, and are assigned successively to those whom it may be the fashion to celebrate.

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.

I have never understood why a woman must have a man to take her into dinner.

Empty baggage of the past, travel light in the Light!

Deep within every crisis is an opportunity for something beautiful.

The positive effect music has in our lives is understated. It can influence mind-state and motivate us to reach for the stars.

I believe that my clothes can give people a better image of themselves - that it can increase their feelings of confidence and happiness.

You can speak your mind But not on my time.

Be strict with yourself but least reproachful of others and complaint is kept afar.

Everything in the world displeases me: but, above all, my displeasure in everything displeases me.

Discovery is exciting, no matter how big or small or close or distant.

The brain is the key, the brain is the source, the brain is God. Everything that humans do is neuroecology.