And, of all the things upon earth, I hold that a faithful friend is the best.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

The right to search for the truth implies also a duty

Sometimes you meet people who teach you what kind of person you do not want to be in your life.

Like it or not, we are all in business and the products we are selling is our unique selves.

It is good to forget one's anger against one's wrongdoer, whoever he may be, for countless number of evils will quickly grow from this anger.

See, I'm fortunate that I get around a lot because of my movie business.

You've got your Justins who have all the back flipping dancers and stuff, and then you've got Lemar, and he totally moves you without having to do all of that, and he's gorgeous.

You will never make it. ‘It’ doesn’t exist for an artist.

London's like a black-browed brute that gets an unholy influence over you.

Movies are a whole different ball-game, now. It's much more of a business - very scientific.

I never ever felt that I was unfairly treated.