The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.

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.

Time is the raw material from which products are made, when products are sold, money is made.

absolute power is corrupting

Don't waste time with people who waste time.

Judgments about who belongs in the Hall of Fame are extremely subjective.

Consumers who are thinking of opening one of these no-limit credit cards may want to think how deeply their scores will be affected.

Ronald Reagan, whatever his pros and cons were, was a public servant in the end.

If you don't do your dance, who will?

The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.

The drawings need to be strong enough to stand alone, and not just work as part of a sequence.

I had a clear idea about what time is till I was asked to explain it and ceased to understand it altogether as soon as I began explaining it.