Resentment is a union of sorrow with malignity; a combination of a passion which all endeavor to avoid with a passion which all concur to detest.

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.

Don’t wish it was easier. Wish you were better.

The United States is a giant island of freedom, achievement, wealth, and prosperity in a world hostile to our values.

Men will not accept truth at the hands of their enemies, and truth is seldom offered to them by their friends

worms have crawled up your nose and eaten your wits.

Complete possession is proved only by giving. All you are unable to give possesses you.

No one is fine on his own. People just say they are.

My teachers used to tell me you need to learn to adjust to fit the situation. Don't just do what you've always done because it might not always work.

I just go out every day and try to work hard.

I definitely fall in love quickly, and I'm very in love with being in love. But it is hard for me to write about love.

[The currency of being celebrity] used to be only the elect had any manna in the information society and everyone else was a consumer.