Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make many miserable.

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.

Human welfare depends on healthy ecosystems.

Giving a woman your whole life is meaningless without giving her your whole heart as well.

People who take photographs during their whole vacation won't remember their vacation. They'll only remember what photographs they took.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

God has opened many doors of opportunity throughout my lifetime, but I believe the greatest of those doors was allowing me to be born in the United States of America.

You learn to be comfortable in your own skin, and your body changes throughout life, so you can't sweat the small stuff.

Love is a treasure for which we can never pay. The only way we keep it is to give it away.

The US government is usually on the wrong side against the poor and downtrodden, because the wrong side is the right side, given the class interests upon which the [US] policy is fixed.

Sometimes I imagine colors as if they were living ideas, being of pure reason with which to communicate. Nature is not on the surface, it is deep down.

To turn the other cheek is to teach would-be cheats that cheating pays.