To me - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.

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.

You could drown a kitten in her blue eyes.

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves.

I always wanted more - more of everything.

In communist countries, you execute your poets. In the free world, the poets execute themselves.

My first postseason home run was a walk-off in the Division Series. That was just a special moment in my career.

Imagine a school with children that can read or write, but with teachers who cannot, and you have a metaphor of the Information Age in which we live.

Adversity creates heroes.

Taking fun as simply fun and earnestness in earnest shows how thoroughly thou none of the two discernest.

If you ask for an opinion, expect to receive one, and don't make fun of it.

We've got a lot of guys in here that are playing for pride and contracts and different things. Now that we are out of the race, guys are playing looser and you can see it in our play.