Sir, as a man advances in life, he gets what is better than admiration, - judgement, to estimate things at their true value.

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.

Happy the man who knows his duties!

It's just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.

There are people who study germs. I believe they are called Germans

I believe strongly that commonsense gun safety measures would assist us.

I can't try to throw 110 miles per hour. I've got to pitch under control.

There is a problem here in America when it comes to police violence and gun violence, that I believe is being ignored by not giving the proper resources to communities.

The comfort zone takes our greatest aspirations and turns them into excuses for not bothering to aspire.

He who protests is an enemy; he who opposes is a corpse.

Confidence comes from discipline and training.