our triumphant age of plenty is riddled with darker feelings of doubt, cynicism, distrust, boredom and a strange kind of emptiness

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.

I try to believe like I believed when I was five...when your heart tells you everything you need to know.

Love me or hate me, both are in my favor. If you love me, I'll always be in your heart. If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind.

Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.

The eyes have a property in things and territories not named in any title-deeds, and are the owners of our choicest possessions.

To be getting an education means this: to be learning what is your own, and what is not your own.

Trust is the foundation of real teamwork (there is nothing touchy-feely about this).

There are exceptions of course, but most companies start with a great idea - not a pivot.

Skating has always been a major area of interest to me.

It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about.

I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.