To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.

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.

Adapt or die. It was savagely simple." -- CelesteALL LIGHT WILL FALL

Ask five economists and you'll get five different answers - six if one went to Harvard.

If the eyes are the window to the soul, then Edward's in trouble 'cause no one is home.

But love was always something heavy for me. Something I had to carry.

I like to keep my private life private for the most part.

I think the notion that we are different just because of skin color, and that we should be kept apart or kept from interbreeding, is very hurtful.

It is a great act of cleverness to be able to conceal one's being clever.

Truly there is a tide in the affairs of men; but there is no gulf-stream setting forever in one direction.

People's lives are already cut out for them, and it's decided whether they will be successful or not.

I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.