Perhaps of all the creations of man language is the most astonishing.

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

It is probably always disastrous not to be a poet.

Human beings are too important to be treated as mere symptoms of the past. They have a value which is independent of any temporal process──which is eternal, and must be felt for its own sake.

There is something dark and wintry about the atmosphere of the later Middle Ages.

Ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.

Perhaps the best test of a man's intelligence is his capacity for making a summary.

Englishmen have always loved Moliere.

Discretion is not the better part of biography.

The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.

The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it.

I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go.

Whatever happens next, I'm sure it's going to be a great adventure.

Memory is the diary we all carry about with us.

The friend I can trust is the one who will let me have my death.The rest are actors who want me to stay and further the plot.

Women have fought so long and hard for our rights and equality, and now all our attention is put on being a size 0.

Kissing power is stronger than will power: Girls need to "prove their love" like a moose needs a hat rack.

In terms of jobs, I'm an actor. There's gotta' be depth there. I'd never say yes to something just to play the hot guy. That's not what I'm interested in.

I'm all for dropping lawyers into any war time situation.

I love the freedoms we got in this country, I appreciate your freedom to burn your flag if you want to, but I really appreciate my right to bear arms so I can shoot you if you try to burn mine.

Revolution is a drama of passion. We did not win the people over by appealing to reason but by developing hope, trust, fraternity.