Small kindnesses small courtesies small considerations habitually practiced in our social intercourse give a greater charm to the character than the display of great talents and accomplishments.

We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience.

He wouldn't call a glass of water half full or half empty

The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.

People don't realize, or maybe they've forgotten, that there was a time in history when standup comedy wasn't something that you had to hide your kids' ears from.

The “Vasco da Gama's era” ends in a nightmare in which men-Westerners and non-Westerners alike-are bewildered by this confusion and the old fancy of the apprenti sorcier becomes tragically actual.

But I'm not a tough guy or a street fighter for real. I'm just an actor.

Legitimacy, when challenged, bases itself on an appeal to the past, while justification relates to an end that lies in the future. Violence can be justifiable, but it never will be legitimate.

To prevent and suppress rising resentment is wise and glorious, is manly and divine.

Society, like nature, is one body, really.

It has taken seas of blood to drown the idol of despotism, but the English do not think they bought their laws too dearly.