The first condition of human goodness is something to love; the second, something to reverence.

It is never too late to be what you might have been.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions; they pass no criticisms.

Don't judge a book by its cover

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

Only in the agony of parting do we look into the depths of love.

The beginning of compunction is the beginning of a new life.

The rich ate and drank freely, accepting gout and apoplexy as things that ran mysteriously in respectable families.

Plainness has its peculiar temptations and vices quite as much as beauty.

What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

Don't you meddle with me, and I won't meddle with you.

But an ordinary day can mark the beginning of an extraordinary journey!

Social media isn't something that you "do", instead you have to "be" social.

And then, despite all these concerns, Arnette felt her mind begin to loosen, the images of the day unwinding inside her like a spool of thread, pulling her down into sleep.

She suddenly found herself laughing without bitterness.

The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.

A bear remains a bear - even when most of him has fallen off or worn away.

Education is the way to achieve far-reaching results, it is the proper way to promote compassion and tolerance in society.

Being a salesman and an actor were not that dissimilar: It is a good lesson in covering up your feelings. No one wants to buy from someone who looks depressed.

After studying in Sheffield, I went down to London to do my post-graduate degree at the National Film and Television School, embarking on the movie that would eventually become 'A Grand Day Out.

When fortune flatters, she does it to betray.