Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favourable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly mad.

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.

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.

How do you fill the space between, "God says it, " and, "I believe it, "?

Nature arms each man with some faculty which enables him to do easily some feat impossible to any other.

To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men.

The best musicians answer something in you when you don't even know the question.

My sore throats are always worse than anyone's.

After I saw Jimmy [Hendrix] play, I just went home and wondered what the f*** I was going to do with my life.

You don't make movies to win awards. You make movies because you want people to see them.

It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.

The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty deeds we make them come true.