The godly seed fares well: the wicked's is accurst.

Beauty is a delightful prejudice.

Trying will do anything in this world.

Sleeping we imagine what awake we wish; D ogs dream of bones, and fishermen of fish.

Faults are beauties in a lovers eye.

Verily, great grace may go with a little gift; and precious are all things that come from friends.

Cicala to cicala is dear, and ant to ant, and hawks to hawks, but to me the muse and song.

Cats will always lie soft.

Men shall look on thee and murmur to each other, "Lo! how small Was the gift, and yet how precious! Friendship 's gifts are priceless all.

Age overtakes us all; Our temples first; then on o'er cheek and chin, Slowly and surely, creep the frosts of Time. Up and do somewhat, ere thy limbs are sere.

Man will ever stand in need of man.

The greatest obsession is I believe in myself.

The whole conception of 'sin' is one which I find very puzzling, doubtless owing to my sinful nature.

I founded a club, which is called the Brutally Early Club. It's basically a breakfast salon for the 21st century where art meets science meets architecture meets literature.

We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it.

It is not my experience that life’s difficulties make people more charitable.

Well, I'm directing a lot of television these days.

I don't want to be a part of something I don't want to watch.

There are two cinemas: the films we have actually seen and the memories we have of them.

Whasthat!" "Um ... those are the toilets.

Thou art a Castilian King urinal!