My parents told me that people will never know how long it takes you to do something. They will only know how well it is done.

Let me not fear pain

Someone who loves you, will act as sibling rather than a lover.

earn what you can since everything's for sale

Luck is a woman. She's drawn to those that least deserve her.

my uncle ... had the misfortune to be ever touched in his brain, and, as a convincing proof, married his maid, at an age when he and she both had more occasion for a nurse than a parson.

Bachelor parties are for the married guys.

Whatever your goal is: dedicate yourself to it and it's going to be a lot of sacrifice, but if you love what you want to do, it shouldn't be a problem.

Two years ago, I shot 'Pillars of the Earth' in Budapest - it was a big part, but I had a lot of time to sit around and visit cafes.

Help your sister's boat across the water, and yours too will reach the other side. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

The story of the creation and similar things in it did not impress me very much, but on the contrary made me incline somewhat towards atheism.