Masculine republics give way to feminine democracies, and feminine democracies give way to tyranny.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.

Your fiery spirit excites me, Keirah, like nothing I have ever felt before. Yet I have the overwhelming desire to put you over my knee when you don't do as you are told.

Well, all comedy starts with anger. You get angry, and its never for a good reason, right? You know its not a good reason. And then you try and work it from there.

A good, stinky French cheese or a good Stilton. These are things I really, really love. Dessert I can obviously live without.

I think it's a sin to sit down and let your life go without making a try for it.

I felt for my crime a just terror; I looked on my life with hate, and my passion with horror.

There is nothing more dangerous on planet Earth than a black wife.

I'm confident in my art.

I owe my life to blood donors. I'm forever grateful to people who donate.

One of the biggest things you have is your reputation and your reputation with knowing what's good and what's not good.

I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.