Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.

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.

Live for your dreams, not your memories.

I think women are closer to God than we are. They walk right out there like they know what they're doing.

Light inside of us can overcome, withstand or overshadow any darkness outside of us

I find that half of people I meet are open and want the world to love and be loved, but there are others who are bigoted and hurtful, and want to vote for Trump.

Doing something for yourself like running, and using it to test yourself, will only make you feel better about your career or your family role.

I learned that if I could read, I could cook. I surprised myself I like it.

Movies such as this remind us that Owen Wilson is nothing less than a national treasure.

Nobody is qualified to become a statesman who is entirely ignorant of the problem of wheat.

...no matter how complex or affluent, human societies are nothing but subsystems of the biosphere, the Earth's thin veneer of life, which is ultimately run by bacteria, fungi and green plants.

My heart laments that virtue cannot live Out of the teeth of emulation.