Rash oaths, whether kept or broken, frequently produce guilt.

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.

One difference between the Bible and the Constitution is that we can still talk to the author of the Bible to discover original intent.

You cannot study the same day of a test, and expect to do your very best.

I remain Mistress of mine own self and mine own soul

I can't tell you what it really is, I can only tell you what it feels like.

Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.

I must confess I took a couple or three jobs just for the money.

I've always been athletic and a dancer, so I love doing fight choreography.

I like the work hanging free in the frame. I don't like too much frame around it but I like a little breathing space around the piece.

It's more complicated than that. I know them. They're not evil or cruel. They're not even smart. Hurting them, it's like hurting children.

I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.