You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity.

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.

Understanding is the bridge between two minds

I can't stand by and allow tens of thousands of innocent people to be slaughtered for lies.

it is not good to repudiate the dead because then they do not leave you alone, they are like dogs that bark intermittently at night.

An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.

Armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few.

You can't just find yourself doing something and not happy doing it.

A Warrior knows when a battle is worth fighting.

The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable.

Do not take yearly results too seriously. Instead, focus on four or five-year averages.

No one can earn a million dollars honestly.