That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.

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.

A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine.

Fate keeps on happening.

There is something beautiful, touching and poetic when one person loves more than the other, and the other is indifferent.

Grief and tragedy and hatred are only for a time. Goodness, remembrance and love have no end, and the Lord of life holds all who die and all who mourn.

You're not going to get any true confessions out of me," she said. "I'm a Leo, and our thing is changing the subject.

Wherever work is done, victory is attained.

Do what you love and believe in, and work hard.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trendsetters in music and the music business.

I have no doubt in mind that I justify the space I take up in the world.

Financial freedom is our birthright, rather than the "slave walk" of the Monday through Friday grind.