One cannot have too large a party. A large party secures its own amusement.

There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.

My heart is, and always will be, yours.

It isn't what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.

There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.

The younger brother must help to pay for the pleasures of the elder.

Our scars make us know that our past was for real

None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

What dreadful hot weather we have! It keeps one in a continual state of inelegance.

Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken.

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.

Everybody should be equal in a democracy - that is the nature of a democracy.

Deep thoughts about the universe mean nothing if you keep putting yourself in the centre of it.

In our sin, we’d rather trust in ourselves than another, amass our own righteousness than receive another’s, speak our own mind rather than listen to someone else.

We aren't addicted to oil, but our cars are.

But you know, I have a pretty good relationship with the press and the paparazzi. It's just when they step over the line that, you know, enough's enough.

It is not enough to have the courage of your convictions, you must also have the courage to have your convictions challenged.

Anywhere the struggle is great, the level of ingenuity and inventiveness is high.

It was good to walk into a library again; it smelled like home.

I don't think you can have an imagination without having fantasy, and you can't have that rich a life without an imagination.

Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them.