Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

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.

Love dissolves the separation between ‘you’ and ‘me’.

I can be on guard against my enemies, but God deliver me from my friends!

You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

His Majesty's Government looks with favour upon the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jews.

We have to focus on how do we ensure the economy works for everybody, and not just a few.

The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people.

The devil doesn't sit idly by while you seek God. If you're pursuing Christ, the enemy is pursuing you.

The Modern Self must confront the shadow of hubris.

I heard the South African 'keeper had been killed and I thought it was probably one of their former goalkeepers, but when I confirmed it was Senzo Meyiwa, I was shattered.

The end of government is the happiness of the people.