Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Failure is a bend in the road, not the end of the road. Learn from failure and keep moving forward.

Wanting to be an actor and wanting to be famous are different.

I can't remember the last time I was bored.

There's no sense in improving your marriage until you are secure with God.

I had been in London innumerable times, and yet till that day I had never noticed one of the worst things about London-the fact that it costs money even to sit down.

Not only is he my broadcast partner, but we travel together so much, he's become like my best friend.

What the English like to do is to face reality with a glass of port and a tear and fade off like Basil Rathbone into the sunset.

I wouldn't be doing motherfu**ing films for almost three decades if every time I did something that someone didn't like I went in a fu**ing cocoon and just hid there and didn't make my art.

...maybe the world needs a cadre of smartasses to liven things up, who knows?

The inequality between the world's individuals is staggering.