Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

Expectation has brought me disappointment. Disappointment has brought me wisdom. Acceptance, gratitude and appreciation have brought me joy and fulfilment.

Time is an illusion, timing is an art.

The best musicians or sound-artists are people who never considered themselves to be artists or musicians.

I have olive skin, so if I'm in the sun for even 15 minutes, I turn brown.

My first, big, silly role at school was as Arthur Crocker-Harris in Rattigan's 'The Browning Version,' where my job was to make school-masters' wives weep with recognition.

You do your own stunts as an actor, and you end up getting hurt. It's not your job. You've got stunt guys. Stunt guys make a lot of money.

What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.

Our goal as a nation must be to rely less on imports and more on products made here in the USA.

I've got kids that are always watching and I taught them to always finish something you started.

Military cemeteries in every corner of the world are silent testimony to the failure of national leaders to sanctify human life.