There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and delighted himself and his reader with the melody of birds, the whisper of groves, and the murmur of rivulets.

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 charming girl gets more proposals than a beautiful girl.

I think I'm skilful enough, but I don't consider myself a naturally talented, gifted sports person.

Reason is the slow and torturous method by which those who do not know the truth discover it

Beyond the rudiments, it is up to the artist to create art, not the camera.

I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.

The one thing I never questioned about my mother was whether she loved me.

Temperate temperance is best; intemperate temperance injures the cause of temperance.

No one is free until we are all free.

Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be.

News reporters are certainly liberal and left of center.