...And if reading could banish the idea for even half an hour, it was something gained.

Children of the same family, the same blood, with the same first associations and habits, have some means of enjoyment in their power, which no subsequent connections can supply.

Life seems but a quick succession of busy nothings.

A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.

Oh! Do not attack me with your watch. A watch is always too fast or too slow. I cannot be dictated to by a watch.

If this man had not twelve thousand a year, he would be a very stupid fellow.

She wished such words unsaid with all her heart

But there was happiness elsewhere which no description can reach.

I will not talk of my own happiness, ' said he, 'great as it is, for I think only of yours. Compared with you, who has the right to be happy?

Yet some happiness must and would arise, from the very conviction, that he did suffer.

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.But you are eternity and you are the mirror.

It was rather difficult to throw a game when you had no idea what you were doing to win it in the first place.

I love working on the fly when the writers come up with new jokes on show nights. It's exciting. I love it so much.

If I start to feel run-down or like I'm going to get sick, I know I need sleep - stat. I can sometimes keep a sickness at bay with a good night's sleep!

I feel more comfortable in comedy.

When anyone becomes an authority, that is the end of him as far as development is concerned.

A story is like a moving train: no matter where you hop onboard, you are bound to reach your destination sooner or later.

Those who have compassion when they do battle will be victorious. Those who likewise defend themselves will be safe. Heaven will rescue and protect them with compassion.

I've been to paradise. But I've never been to me.

All these little heifers who can't sing are called ‘divas’.