A life whose beginning we do not remember, and whose end we do not know.

For human nature is strange: the less we are inclined to self-sacrifice, the more we insist on it in others.

Don’t think about happiness. If it doesn’t come, there’s no disappointment; if it does come, it’s a surprise.

Folly is as great as the sea, it will compass anything.

Pity is an emotion equally unpleasant to the bestower as to the recipient.

Being equal does not mean being the same.

Definitions from Mulla Do-PiazaSupporter: Someone who will say anything.

An alcoholic has been lightly defined as a man who drinks more than his own doctor.

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.

There's a powerful tendency to overcomplicate the whole notion of leadership.

Children become what they are told they are.

'Tis the white stag, Fame, we're a-hunting, bid the world's hounds come to horn!

I moved to Hollywood when I was 18. I never saw it as a disadvantage in any way. Quite the opposite.

I first came to London when I was 22 and working as a roadie. Having watched the 'News At Ten' all my life, I thought Big Ben was going to be massive, but I was underwhelmed.

Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.