Small minds are captivated by trifles.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Chiron reminds us that only through recognising and accepting our inner wounds can we find true healing.

Never is a man more proud than when he shuffles paper in front of an illiterate person.

Scotch whisky is made from barley and the morning dew on angel's nipples.

You live in the image you have of the world. Every one of us lives in a different world, with different space and different time.

Wine and cheese are ageless companions, like aspirin and aches, or June and moon, or good people and noble ventures.

Life isn’t how you survive the thunderstorm, but how you dance in the rain.

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream … Hang in there.

As an actor, you realize that your whole life is about arrivals and departures. You're always meeting people, you get really close, and then you all have to leave.

If the Devil is an evil computer, who the hell programmed it? Who is the Dr. Frankestein of this abominable character?

One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.