Men worship the shows of great men; the most disbelieve that there is any reality of great men to worship.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

Your confidence is your greatest self.

As Jess watched in numb horror, the man tore a page from the book and stuffed it into his mouth.

My home policy: I wage war my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war.

I'd be bored to death if I spent all my time with other businesspeople, bankers and lawyers.

A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him.

I've got enough nerve to do anything!

Just remember everything happens for a reason. We just have to pick ourselves up, and look on the bright side of life.

I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth.

Having a chance to be someone other than yourself and to act out stuff that makes people look at you, like, wow, and that's why I love acting so much.

I am constantly drawing inspiration from everything I see-the places I travel, the people I know and the movies I see.