To be of no Church is dangerous.

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.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaPoverty: The result of marriage.

I’m not sure what’s more worrying. The list of demands or the fact he seems unaware the French stopped using francs in the last century and that Africa is a continent?” - Jerome

I knew the point wasn’t the victory, but pulling yourself together and crawling your way back. That was life.

Litigants obey the verdict of a tribunal solely on the premise that there is an objective rule of conduct, which they both accept.

When I'm around animals, I don't pay attention to people.

I'd make a terrible practitioner of any religion in any formal setting.

I like jewelry. Big rings, big necklaces. Shoes, belts, luggage.

The heights charm us, but the steps do not; with the mountain in our view we love to walk the plains.

[My muse] feels nostalgic for Japan, and, perhaps strangely, for the pioneer days of America.

Happiness is the greatest hiding place for despair.