Show some mercy to this chair which has stretched out its arms to you for so long; please satisfy its desire to embrace you!

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God grante

People get emails from me at 3 in the morning.

Mr President, I have decided not to speak the entire speech which I have.

Sometimes you meet people who can't swim. And I always think: 'Oh my God, that's extraordinary.' For me, it's always been a treat I just feel really happy in the water.

Every body persists in a state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces having impact upon it.

To kill someone, even treacherously is more manly than to wound a friend by betraying his confidence.

Good things happen when you take action. Bad things happen when you neglect.

I'd love to be in another film, but they haven't asked me. I think it's a shame but the prospects of me doing another one now are remote. Please do campaign on my behalf.

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.

Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.