The poor schlemiel is a man who falls on his back and breaks his nose.

Ask not for a lighter load but for broader shoulders

What you don't see with your eyes don't invent with your tongue.

Worries go down better with soup than without.

When you have no choice mobilize the spirit of courage.

Make sure to send a lazy man for the Angel of Death.

The innkeeper loves the drunkard but not for a son-in-law.

Good men need no recommendation and bad men it wouldn't help.

The hardest work is to go idle.

Truth is the safest lie.

A half-truth is a whole lie.

...What is easier for us isn't necessarily what is better for us.

The hardest and greatest thing a human being can do is submit to his Creator.

In conservation, the motto should always be 'never say die'.

To all to each a fair good night And pleasing dreams and slumbers light.

These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.

I'm just a public-schoolboy. I've got a degree. I'm from a middle-class family in Devon. I've got no story.

Welcome to Hollywood, a land just off the coast of planet Earth. I am never quite certain if I am visiting the zoo, or if I'm one of the animals in a cage.

I really believe one of the jobs of a writer is to stretch as far as you can into other voices.

We just couldn't hit shots. We had good looks but they weren't falling and we kept turning the ball over.

It is difficult to discuss... history.. it is more difficult to talk about today.. simple things…