The only infallible rule we know is, that the man who is always talking about being a gentleman never is one.

There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse.

More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

Women never look so well as when one comes in wet and dirty from hunting.

There are three sorts of lawyers - able, unable and lamentable.

Better be killed than frightened to death.

It ar'n't that I loves the fox less, but that I loves the 'ound more.

The horse loves the hound, and I loves both.

Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.

The supply of good fellows is by no means in excess of the demand. A man has only to hoist the flag of hospitality to insure a very considerable amount of custom.

The country has its charms-cheapness for one.

I will not play it safe! I want to experience the length, depth, and breadth of life. I'm not just here for the victories... I'm here for the scars.

Hap sighed. If he could change one thing about Umber-besides his constant need for the thrill of exploration-it would be his obsession with secrets and surprises.

Be happy with those who are joyful.

I understand it all. I can write my own ticket for one or two movies. But if they're not the right ones, my ticket gets yanked. I understand that's how it works, and I'm okay with it.

I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.

I don't know how to do anything else other than be an actor. If I wasn't in this, I would be in alternative energy and conservation.

With the fight scenes, they would take a video camera and shoot alongside the camera so we would piece it together on the computer and had an extremely rough cut of what we were doing.

"Love is not altogether a Delirium," says he elsewhere; "yet has it many points in common therewith."

Speed is the cushion of sloppiness.