His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Handsome is that handsome does.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go.

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

Life demands more thinking than remembering.

I am Rabbit. I can be anywhere. I can be everywhere. I am outside time. I am outside dimension. Do you want me? I am yours.

I am the wind...I am death.

Going through an illness and then death of a close friend has changed my attitudes to friendship enormously.

When hope is not pinned wriggling onto a shiny image or expectation, it sometimes floats forth and opens.

Anger is a wasted emotion.

Never ride a bike with the brakes on. If something is proving too difficult, give up and do something else. Try to live without resort to per­severance.

Being an actor is a much more structured life than being a musician.

False language, evil in itself, infects the soul with evil.

The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.