There is a gentle element, and man may breathe it with a calm, unruffled soul, and drink its living waters, till his heart is pure; and this is human happiness.

One gets, sensitive about losing mornings after getting a little used to them with living in a country. Each one of these endlessly varied daybreaks is an opera but once performed.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

Gratitude is not only the memory but the homage of the heart- rendered to God for his goodness.

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

Pitch a lucky man into the Nile, says the Arabian proverb, and he will come up with a fish in his mouth!

It is the month of June, The month of leaves and roses, When pleasant sights salute the eyes, And pleasant scents the noses.

I knelt, and with the fervor of a lip unused to the cool breath of reason, told my love.

Like Melrose Abbey, large cities should especially be viewed by moonlight.

The lily and the rose in her fair face striving for precedence.

The taste forever refines in the study of women.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

Together we proceeded on our way towards catastrophe. [Depressed lawyer and his unsuspecting clients.]

... Desire baffles knowledge and power.

How we spend our money, however little we have, still reveals what we value.

There is a vast existence beyond what our eyes can see, and if we close our minds we limit our possibilities.

Going to college offered me the chance to play football for four more years.

I think any actor worth their salt wants to show as much versatility as they possibly can.

When you put someone down all the time, eventually they stop listening to the sensible stuff.

The thing with me, I can't talk about my work. I find it very difficult.

When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.