Faults and defects every work of man must have.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Nothing in the whole world is more dangerous than ignorance.

Dammit Bard, you're going to set the cat on fire.

Read something worth writing about or write something worth reading about

Abundance comes from giving not from receiving.

Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul.

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange.

I love being an actor, and that's really the bottom line - in any medium, in any genre - and I want to do it.

The biggest disappointment has been seeing the number of people in this business with very shortsighted views.

My people, you gotta think before you move, you gotta speak before you cry, you gotta live before you die.

Nothing outside of ourselves will ever make us happy, because happiness is an inside-out experience.