Riches, perhaps, do not so often produce crimes as incite accusers.

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.

For all those that have to fight for the respect that everyone else is given without question.

I wasn't only hurt by love. I was ruined too.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

It was a Roman who said it was sweet to die for one's country. The Greeks never said it was sweet to die for anything. They had no vital lies.

I'm always revving the engine. In this industry, there are so many twists and turns. You never have it made.

The people I really most admire are Robert Kennedy and Franklin Roosevelt. If you know someone, it is very hard to revere them.

Music that is saturated with soul force is the real universal music, understandable by all hearts.

A collection is like a dinner party. It is made up of the people you invite, but also the people you don't.

Love's stronger than fear and death.

Part of history is facts. The other part is what we find easier to believe.