I tasted too what was called the sweet of revenge - but it was transient, it expired even with the object, that provoked it.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

Such actions are beyond praise: it is the perfume of such sweet and noble human sympathy that makes this wild beasts' cage a world habitable for men.

The power of your intentions has a greater impact on your life than your actions.

He has the lucidity which is the by-product of a fundamentally sterile mind.

I always relate respectfully with blue-collar people.

Two remarkable men -- one young, one old -- fuel each other's spirits in the beautiful documentary Keep On Keepin' On.

I'm a performer. I push the envelope, I work in a very uncontrolled manner onstage. I do a lot of free association, it's spontaneous, I go into character.

I do not fight battles that cannot be won. Do not confuse that with cowardice.

If I were Opportunity, I wouldn't just knock, you'd have to sign.

I'm perfectly happy and rewarded and fulfilled where I am.

When a trust is betrayed, that has to be rebuilt.