Just so sure as one puts on any old rag, and thinks nobody will come, company is sure to call.

Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.

The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.

It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.

Whipping and abuse are like laudanum: you have to double the dose as the sensibilities decline.

The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.

No ornament of a house can compare with books; they are constant company in a room, even when you are not reading them.

So much has been said and sung of beautiful young girls, why doesn't somebody wake up to the beauty of old women.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

Talk of the abuses of slavery! Humbug! The thing itself is the essence of all abuse!

The past, the present and the future are really one: they are today.

If what we think of ourselves were true, the planet would overflow with geniuses.

So often, when we don't have people that can be representative or symbolic of leadership and of faith, of purpose, in that absence we become bitter and resentful.

He who fears fate lives like a coward

I certainly want to establish myself as an actor in my own right, rather than being just the actor who plays Harry Potter.

The notion of ever more old people needing ever more young people, who will in turn grow old and need even more young people, and so on ad infinitum, is an obvious ecological Ponzi scheme.

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

The Human is the most insane species

I think the key to the start of any good relationship is to remember how the other person likes their coffee.

If you really want to find out what you're capable of, you cannot put limits on yourself, and you definitely cannot be cautious.

I think every character I play has a physicality to them, so I have to stay in some sort of shape. I'll never be a size two. And I don't want to be a size two.