It is kindness immediately to refuse what you intend to deny.

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.

One ungrateful person does an injury to all needy people.

Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

Would you have a great empire? Rule over yourself.

Tears gratify a savage nature, they do not melt it.

How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.

A tongue prone to slander is the proof of a depraved mind.

Never promise more than you can perform.

Forever thine, forever mine.

I've also just finished filming the role of Robert Brown in 'Just William, ' which is due to transmit on BBC One at Christmas.

It seems with every match I win, I get better-looking to other people.

Living is being born slowly. It would be a little too easy if we could borrow ready-made souls.

Im still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.

The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now with climate change, yet we dither.

If Hillary Clinton can enthuse her base and turnout enough, can she win? She still doesn't have the [Ben] Sanders voters, they're angry at her.

Everybody forgets the basic thing; people are not going to love you unless you love them.

Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, But more when envy breeds unkind division: There comes the ruin, there begins confusion.