Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Books worth reading are worth re-reading.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

Originality is only variation.

Beauty is in the ideal of perfect harmony which is in the Universal Being

Living simply means concentrating on what's important in light of eternity. And not taking the rest of life too seriously.

Tattoos are permanent and a lifelong commitment, the same as marriage.

It is one of the tragedies of the half-educated that they develop late, when they are already committed to some wrong way of life.

No matter how poorly you play, there is always someone you can beat. No matter how well you play, there is always someone who can beat you.

You know, Minister, I disagree with Dumbledore on many counts...but you cannot deny he's got style.

A lot of actors are frustrated because they want to do things that are different and test themselves. Character actors are always looking for something the opposite of what they did.

What I'm doing is a natural wonder. If not, there'd be 150 people behind me on the wire.

I think that's what we love about the vodka, is that it's consistent. It's consistent in its pureness and that's how I tie it to restaurants.

What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.