There are many waies to fame. {There are many ways to fame.]

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!

I need you to be clever, Bean. I need you to think of solutions to problems we haven't seen yet. I want you to try things that no one has ever tried because they're absolutely stupid.

The gentleman sees what is right while the small man sees what is profitable.

For so long Versace couture was identified with celebrities and music, which I love. But at the same time it could overwhelm the clothes.

Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass!

The perfect human being is uninteresting.

The curse of comic book adaptations, when I was younger, was that the director or producer would go, "Don't worry about it, it's just a comic book."

What I've learnt is when you walk into a family argument and people tell you it's about principle don't get involved. There is more to life than principles.

In 1976 I discovered Ebola - now I fear an unimaginable tragedy.

What they frequently want to do with a movie is, they want to cut out the valleys and just show the peaks. And valleys are important; the valleys make the peaks stand out.

With theatre, you have to be ready for anything.