Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.

Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Every comforting word is a command from a man of action...While every word of command is commotion from a man of just words...

I don’t need to conform to your ideas of beauty

To live past the end of your myth is a perilous thing.

Do you not yet understand what has made woman what she is? Then see what the sickly taste and perverted judgment of man now admires in woman.

Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.

When I played Robin Hood, I knew the great role was Alan Rickman's and it didn't bother me. I always think that leading actors should be called the best supporting actors.

I take as much time as I need. I want to be fresh and smelling good.

I work, play and do everything in French.

Love is active and sincere, courageous, patient, faithful, prudent and manly.

Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.