Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.

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.

The problem with that analysis is that it is incorrect.

A flower just blooms without knowing who will enjoy and appreciate her beauty.

If you can't be kind, at least be vague.

One who is hungry for growth, doesn't requires motivation and training.. He just needs an opportunity...

People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.

I've always said I'm a teacher at heart.

We're talking too much about what goes on in the stands, nothing about what goes on on the court.

Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.

When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.

Smoking is a dying habit.