The perswasion of the fortunate swaies the doubtfull.

The best mirror is an old friend.

A great dowry is a bed full of brables. [A great dowry is a bed full of brambles.]

The honey is sweet, but the Bee stings.

You cannot make a windmill go with a pair of bellows.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.

If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.

Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing... a grateful heart!

Work from your own side of literature/ & room fetish, not "publishing's" -

I start at the beginning, go on to the end, then stop.

The love of praise, howe'er conceal'd by art, Reigns more or less, and glows in ev'ry heart.

A child, from the time he can think, should think about all he sees, should suffer for all who cannot live with honesty, should work so that all men can be honest, and should be honest himself.

As an actor, you've got to maintain a bit of mystery and at least part of your private life, otherwise the game is up.

I've lost a little bit of my fire... I don't want to say I've lost my passion.

If people are asking me for clubbing tips, then they're in real trouble. My clubbing tip is never go to a club, because they're horrible and I hate them. I'm more of a dinner party guy.

I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia