To sigh, yet feel no pain; To weep, yet scarce know why; To sport an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

Your lack of questioning and curiosity has been the bane of my existence.

Do battle against prejudice and discrimination wherever you find it.

I like to eat yogurt in the morning. It's easy and quick and available anywhere.

If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves.

Government is the exercise of all the great qualities of the human mind.

Is it possible to have too much ambition? Is it possible to be too successful?

Can you imagine me calling myself "Ruiz"? "Pablo Ruiz"? "Diego-José Ruiz"? Or "Juan-Népomucène Ruiz"? I was given I don't know how many names.

Obviously it always takes longer to finish an album than you think it will. That's always going to be the case. Everything takes longer than you think it will. Occasionally things happen fast.

Movies and acting are so much fun. I love playing different characters and doing different genres. It's all still very interesting to me.

I wake up every morning believing today is going to be better than yesterday.