An acre of performance is worth the whole world of promise.

The creditor hath a better memory than the debtor.

Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.

Apelles used to paint a good housewife on a snail, to import that she home-keeping.

We learn by teaching.

Respect a man, he will do the more.

Words are the soul's ambassadors, who go / Abroad upon her errands to and fro.

He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.

Easter, so longed for, is gone in a day.

Such is the strength of art, rough things to shape.

One hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.

Mountains had taken the place of religion, had satisfied her religious sense, her need for adoration and worship as no service in any Cathedral, however sublime, had been able to do.

I'm not attempting to be a role model but I accept that roles I've played put me in that position. I don't feel a huge responsibility as an actress to put my young fan base first.

It is not enough to preach about family values, we must value families.

Some honorable men spend their whole life preparing for a supreme act of treachery

Quarrels are a natural part of relationships. Making up is always the best part.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Nothing so diminishes democracy as secrecy.

Just live in the moment and not be afraid to try things out and make mistakes.

I don't even know what success is.

The only friends I have are the dead who have bequeathed their writings to me — I have no others.